Are lawnmowers built worse than 20 years ago?

my adoptive dad had this silver one from 1994 which was before i moved here ....so before i got here it was never cared for strictly like how i maintain them.

last year it was retired and replaced and honestly there is really nothing wrong with it .....even after heavy use and irregular maintence......its really impressive how good it actually still runs.

the new one is also a sears Craftsman and on its second summer, i have been having great luck with it ...but i am known to go overboard on maintance.......with me it gets buffed and waxed regularly too and i scrub the deck out before putting it up for the winter :laughing::laughing::laughing: