"My grandma's recipe calls for 5 ingredients. The store-bought version of the same thing calls for 5 ingredients, a chemistry degree, and a magnifying glass."

Great piece. The chocolate bar example is peak enshittification — they didn't raise the price of chocolate, they just quietly removed the chocolate. At this rate, by 2030 a Hershey bar will just be a brown-flavored rectangle of hope and palm oil.