I was downloading episodes of Jackass back in about 2001, using I think it would have been eMule.
You’d get a 240p MPEG-1 file, and you were happy with that.
Hilariously, for people who didn’t own computers that could handle playing videos from CD-Rs, as my PC’s video card had composite output I used to make VHS tapes from those files. And then put the adhesive label sheet for the tape cassette through the printer.
Y’know, normal stuff.
First result on Home Depot’s website for wallpaper was $2/ft².
Wikipedia says $1 notes are 6.14×2.61in, almost exactly $9/ft².
I think we can reasonably say that’s not absurdly more expensive, if you’re sufficiently committed to the bit.