The reason younger people end up buying shitty, disposable furniture is because they can't afford houses.
My searching and insistence has required a lot of patience, but it's ultimately been worth it for me. My holy grail was a 1970's Danish Teak dining room table (w/ 8 chairs!) that someone locally was selling for $800. Anything modern that's of comparable quality would easily be well above $2500. As of now, almost everything in my house is from the 1960/70s, and made of real wood. I'm willing to spend the money on these things instead of junk from Wayfair.
They are saying that young people would choose to buy vintage furniture if they could afford it.
You are saying that you choose to buy vintage furniture because you like it and can afford it.