One way we get hurt is by designed obsolescence, especially for durable goods. We would buy one durable sevice which would last for a long time, and that was it.
In the case of something like an automobile, it was basic enough that we could be our own mechanics. Whatever parts we had to replace were affordable even for a high school student who worked a part-time job. It was this way as recently as the 1980s.
Once the automobiles began to be collections of computerized systems, they became too expensive for Do-It-Yourself repair and maintenance. Even before the arrival of today's generation of EVs, automobiles as durable goods were transformed into autos as appliances. It was cheaper to replace the auto than to maintain it. That set off a cascade of other problems such as disposal, recycling, and financialization.
This isn't even including the regulatory burdens imposed on us by governments and the bureaucratic agencies responsible for turning our lives into a Kafkaesque existence.
Yep, this is a good example of the change. Not only this, because everything is disposable and doesn't get repaired, we also don't learn the skills of repair. And then, we apply the same disposable logic to the relationships in our lives.