It is not a very good argument that their subscription service has not increased in price in 17 years. Many online services have kept their price but the number of users have increased a lot.
The important thing about ShadowStats is that they show different methods of calculation price inflation.
Calculating inflation from prices is not easy since people tend to consume more chicken or pork of beef is getting more expensive. If you still only consume beef the price index do not show your personal reality, and this reality is different for all people.
In aggregate everything that is produced get consumed over time, so the total prices paid is always connected to the total amount of money available.
Calculating inflation from prices is not easy since people tend to consume more chicken or pork of beef is getting more expensive. If you still only consume beef the price index do not show your personal reality, and this reality is different for all people. In aggregate everything that is produced get consumed over time, so the total prices paid is always connected to the total amount of money available.