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The world in general is far shittier than it was a decade ago, internet included.
I too preferred being young, things were exciting and fresh back then not jaded and worn down by decades of grind as my dreams one by one crumble to dust while my own mortality starts to loom on the horizon...
Almost everything is better than it was when we were kids and it's a tough pill but it's reality.
We used to watch television at specific times because there would be a documentary about something interesting and it wouldn't be exactly what you want but if you like nature or science or something it's your only choice - if you're super lucky the people who made it would have briefly talked with someone who kinda understands the subject.
YouTube and other VOD services have completely ended that tyranny, you'd be very hard pressed to find a subject I couldn't find you free to watch videos from knowledgeable and passionate people deeply involved in the field. YouTube even has far less adverts than TV, adverts you can skip after five seconds - we used to have to go make a cup of tea every fifteen minutes because the breaks were so long, that was our idea of an addblocker.
Have you ever been to a library to do your homework and found that someone else has the volume of brittanica you need so you just have to wait two hours while they lean on it and chat with their friends? If you're only looking back ten years to your youth then proubably you haven't, kids today certainly haven't - I have though and so have most people my age. That's what progress is, incredibly easy not to notice things getting better beside we only tend to think about problems when we encounter them. All today's problems are fresh and we forgot what problems we had back then.
More people have better access to improved medical care, more access to education, more access to basic necessities AND luxuries, it's easier than ever to travel, to learn new skills, make friends based on a shared interest, there's an unprecedented amount of free entertainment in pretty much every form.
But we're tired and busy and struggling to make ends meet - just like adults were when we young and didn't have to worry about anything but b3ta's Photoshop Friday and which custom doom wad to try next.