It's a great question. Unfortunately I think this is a factor of the free-market economy. Products are getting shittier because ultimately consumers accept them. And when better (and more expensive products) are produced, not enough people are actually willing to pay for higher quality even though we all complain about enshittification.
Airfares are a perfect example. Airlines started offering garbage "Basic Economy" and still offered regular economy for a slightly higher price. What happened? Everyone still chose the cheapest no matter what, so Basic Economy rules the day.
> Products are getting shittier because ultimately consumers accept them.
More like consumers are unable to find anything that isn't shitty. The entire article is about people who spent good money on a product, bought from brands with good reputations, and their products still turned out to be trash. This is not a case of people being unwilling to pay for anything but cheapest options and getting shit-tier goods, it's about how an increasing number of companies are demanding high prices but giving nothing but cheap trash dressed up to look like quality in return.
It turns out that it's a lot more profitable to sell people highly priced garbage than to give them quality goods. Every furniture company wants to make more profit, so now they all sell highly priced garbage and there is no one left making quality goods at a reasonable price to take customers away from the people who cheating us.
Airfares are a perfect example. Airlines started offering garbage "Basic Economy" and still offered regular economy for a slightly higher price. What happened? Everyone still chose the cheapest no matter what, so Basic Economy rules the day.