Noticed the same thing with smartphones too... everyone's walking around with these thousand dollar cameras and editing apps but half the pictures end up looking fake or overprocessed. A decent point-and-shoot from ten years ago took better vacation photos than most people get now.

Holy crap, only 6 seconds for a whole career to be judged?

Honestly I used to be such a stickler for using the exact right tool for everything. But seeing stuff like the bag trick, I mean it just works. It really changed my mind about what being good at this stuff means. Now I get that the real skill is just making it happen with whatever junk is on the bench.