Ironically, in the age of the internet it has brought things like access to the entire planets information for free, connection with everyone in the world for f

Ironically, in the age of the internet it has brought things like access to the entire planets information for free, connection with everyone in the world for free, almost free same day shipping, etc. Not saying there aren't trade offs (you have to look at ads) but broadly speaking, it's never been better to be a consumer than right now.