I’m not sure how you’ve decided to arbitrarily normalize “performance” but normal people are experiencing price drops in many categories. Here’s a bunch of other stuff that has dropped in price. Lots of things have been commoditized and benefited from economies of scale, leading to lower prices over time.
Price for performance in electronics has gone down: the end device has only gone up.
I’m not sure how you’ve decided to arbitrarily normalize “performance” but normal people are experiencing price drops in many categories. Here’s a bunch of other stuff that has dropped in price. Lots of things have been commoditized and benefited from economies of scale, leading to lower prices over time.
https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/chart-of-the-day-or-century-7/