V and U both used to represent the /U/ sound. The pointed form ⟨v⟩ was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form ⟨u⟩ was used in the middle or end. In old English W used to be written as two Vs.. so VV which later became one letter, and since V was still U the name. And yes.. I am fun at parties 😅
Publishing/printing technology is just one small part of it. What matters is content quality. You need to find and pay high quality educated and tallented writers. In today's economy you can't pay them the salary from 100 years ago. So the point is valid, money are loosing value, it's just that technology can't offset quality writing. Ai is not there yet either.
It's a delicate dance. Sometimes, going against other opinions brings society forward, in a good way, and other times degrades it. There is no rule I guess.