well my original point was that storage is too expensive to begin with. Apple charges a lot for a storage upgrade.
Always been the case with Apple.
This reminds me of something, I find that 2GB being unusable ironically funny as about 14 years ago they sold computers with 2GB RAM and they were supposed to be fast enough to browse the internet, edit videos, photoshop , and multitask. now its not fast enough for an iPad... I do not understand how this works. Its the same tasks!
Software have more features now and those require better CPU and more RAM. 4K videos weren’t common back then either. Honestly, I remember many computers not even having enough oomph to play 1080p H.264 videos back then.
Also, fast is relative. Compared to a Pentium 3/4, Core 2 Duo is a lot faster. However, we’re used to stuff more or less being instantaneous now. Mind, we have old C2D XP computers in the office and even my 2017 Pro is faster at launching apps.