Yes, I could be in a Third World country, but I’m not.
And I don’t have to pay for the repairs to the washers that other people break because they are careless.
But I’m not and I don’t, so I’ll be happy that I don’t have to wash oily dungarees by hand any more.
“Always look on the bright side of life ....”
Technically you are paying for washer repairs, just in a few extra pennies each load rather than all at once.
But having had both my own machines and a laundromat I can see the advantages of the latter.
The part I really loved about taking clothes to the landromat was finding enough machines open that I could run all my loads at once instead of sequentially.
Also it gave me a good period of time to read.