480p doesn't look bad now because you're used to 1080p, it looks bad now because you try to view it on a 4K monitor (or something else, but it's order of magnit

480p doesn't look bad now because you're used to 1080p, it looks bad now because you try to view it on a 4K monitor (or something else, but it's order of magnitude better than what you tried to use for 480p back in the day). Also, 480p vs 1080p is not a major game changer for society, at least in the society I live in.