and poverty. Remember, long ago, in the 90s, we could and assemble, and repair, and do something of our own. But now one call is made and a specially trained person is called. Because there is money to pay him. These services are not so expensive.

This is yes...
There are people. People who like to do things with their hands
There are people who know how to do and thus better drink beer for a few hundred saved.
There are people who do not like strangers and do not want to let strangers into their homes, so they do everything themselves.
There are people who have the right tool bought at home for other needs and thus increase its profitability (and improve their skills).
There are people who want to be able to do everything with their own hands (in case of apocalypse).
But for you there is only one category: poverty. We did the repair with our own hands because I wanted it (for many reasons, none of which had anything to do with money). A poor man is a man who fears that if he saves on something, people will think he has no money for it.