It is easy to be sentimental about 'good old days'. I think it was more fun especially if you went on the wild side 30 years ago, but it is certainly more straightforward these days. The effort in finding a a shag back then, the 'covert' nature of it, the joy of finding a good one. I have great memories of certain ladies (I use the word carefully) who were streetwalking for the night from Glasgow Art School, or foreign vice dens that were both cheap and fun and often turned up a 'cracker'.
AW makes it almost like ordering pizza but without the service consistency or reliability. The internet has also changed what used to be places only known to a few. When a friend and I discovered a certain brothel village (in South America, staffed and run by independent prossies, not some Asian abuse gang) we were practically the only foreigners for several years. In a way, ISG 'ruined' it as tons of punters started descending on the place (especially loud Americans, who I have to say were not generally so welcome). Eventually the girls started being wary of having photos taken and started charging more what foreigners could pay rather than locals afford.
But there are shorter comparisons -- like when our brothels were full of British women rather than EE fuckers on the make.