I kinda see this the most with DTG printing. And cheaper silkscreening. Takes years for for the good silk screened stuff to start degrading like that for me.
All my Hyena Agenda, Nomad Complex and 0Fox shirts have the best silk screening I've ever seen. No cracking, no peeling, doesn't feel like hard or weird like low-quality Walmart shirts, etc.
Too bad the first two places went out of business. :(
I have shirts from the 1980's that are still in great condition, and then I have shirts from 6 months ago that are ruined. They've definitely cut costs to the point that the products we're buying these days are disposable junk.