I would rather die a few years earlier than live my last few years this way. It'd sure cost less too.
So it does depend on the individual and their specific circumstances.
We're taught that death is the worst thing that can happen to you, that when you die you might go to a place full of fire and burning and torture forever, that trying to extend your life (exercise, nutrition, psychology, cosmetics, etc) is the ultimate goal. We are not taught to get the most out of life when we're young, we're not taught the practical skills that would give us more contentment through life, and we're not taught that death is a natural and normal part of life.
We need a class in school called "don't fear, just plan: organize your way to a happy life and be fine with dying sooner." Teach people how to stop sitting around wondering how to be happy, and just give simple practical skills and workbooks. Things like "how to pick your career", "how to choose where to live", "how to actually manage your finances", "how to make friends", "how to get a significant other", "how to manage your emotions", "how to deal with conflict", "how to deal with a life change", "how to enjoy life for free", "how to balance work and life", etc. There are answers to all these things, but they aren't taught in school; we're just expected to bump into them somewhere in life, after decades of grasping around pretending like we know what we're doing. We waste so much of life because nobody has taught us what to do.
By the time you're 60, you should have already had a vivid, exciting life full of friends and opportunities and special moments. But many of us haven't! I put it down to simply not learning how. If we expect every kid to learn completely useless shit like Calculus, we should definitely teach them the more important life skills sooner.
Terry Pratchett, after being diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's, made a documentary called Choosing To Die, which you might be interested in. He had stated that he wished to die by assisted suicide, but ultimately Terry died at home from Alzheimer's.
That being said I think assisted suicide should be an option and everyone should have this option.
I recall my grandmother in the hospital with pancreatitis, in serious pain, saying she was ready to die, but her doctors reassuring everyone that actually her situation probably wasn't life threatening. She was in her 90s already. She had outlived her husband by decades by that point. She had outlived multiple batches of friends at her retirement community. She did live for a few years after that incident, but I understand why she was ready to accept death.
This is under-reported but there is a very high number of suicide in this age category.
I don't think the desire to live vanishes, but some of us are simply not willing to live miserably for months or years.
At some point it is clear that there is no turning back, being stuck in bed for a few days or weeks can be acceptable, but not if there is zero hope of regaining autonomy.
Also, I am not found of the business side of this, I think this is extorsion, preying on the weak.
People plan and choose to exit early all the time. Some people don’t want to live, even when death is nowhere near, but stick around because they don’t want to devastate their family.
Honestly, you sound like someone who likes to pretend to have insight into the human mind, but you can’t be bothered to actually invest the time listening to people you don’t understand.
Not true.
My father wanted to die for the last 6 years of his life.
He would talk about it and obsess about his death in eager anticipation.
His last words that followed by three days of not eating or drinking were "Can't this go any faster?"
Just not wanting to live, and not being depressed about it, made transition easier for me personally.
He was never in pain during this time, so I didn't feel compelled to help him die.
When she could no longer care for herself, a hospice nurse came twice a day. When the end was close, family moved into the house, and children were taken out of school. She pass in the comfort of a familiar setting surrounded by loved ones, and everyone witnessed her last breath and death rattle.
It was a very wholesome experience and how I would want to go.
What's your plan?
You'd rather die than have a tube stuck up your arse for 5 minutes? A colonoscopy is really not that big a deal
You can now chose to be on life support for 2 more year at the cost of pooping pants and being on drugs. I bet, life support does not sound so bad.
Which parts of your body are you willing to let degrade just to continue breathing and reading reddit about stuff that you will never live to see happen anyway?