The other important point to make is welcome to capitalism and human nature.
Has anything meaningfully changed since the stone age? It’s going to cost you if you want the best spear in the neighborhood, even if you invent the thing yourself.
I think it's fair to say that quite a bit has meaningfully changed since the stone age.
And capitalism isn't the inevitable result of human nature. There have been many variations of economic systems throughout history other than capitalism. In fact, capitalism is actually the
least common economic system.