Considering "faster engine" means different tune on the exact same engine nowadays: not much has changed.
Fuck morons who pay this so the corps will continue to do this. They wouldn't even consider it if people with more money than sense didn't pay for it. Everything is enshittified until we live in Idiocracy.
What percentage of people do you suppose actually think they're getting more by paying rather than getting less until they pay? I'm sure a large amount of it is people with enough money to not care, but surely some are just uninformed?