For many people, there is an option that side-steps the racket entirely, massively improves their QoL, and can even save money in the long term - laser eye surg

For many people, there is an option that side-steps the racket entirely, massively improves their QoL, and can even save money in the long term - laser eye surgery. (disclaimer: prices are likely to be different in other countries) Prices and quality of LES seems to have dropped significantly even as glasses have become more expensive. I had some annoying myopy / astigmastism combo so I used to pay up to 200-300€ for glasses, and prescription sunglasses were also expensive. Femto-LASIK surgery cost me a whopping 1500€ a couple of years ago, whereas an older acquaintance told me that he had paid 10x as much in the mid-aughts. A couple of decades of glasses would not have cost me much less, and the difference it makes in quality of life cannot be overstated. Easily in the running for the best money I ever spent. Of course, not everybody can get lasered - children and teenagers, first and foremost - but a lot more people do than realize it.