I have arthritis in both hands, and without modern conveniences, I couldn't participate. There was a time when we would have woven our own cloth and spun our own thread too. While it is sad when old art forms (like kodachrome ) die out in favor of more modern ways, but harder doesn't mean superior, any more than easier means inferior. It's just a new, improved way of doing the same old thing, and sometimes it's more inclusive.