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This comes up a lot but we can still service our bikes 20 years older than yours with decent kit so I wouldn't worry. You could fit virtually any newer groupset, wheels are still 700c, tyres are the same, brake blocks are still made in huge numbers. The tech on your bike may be not fitted on new bikes but it's still a long way off being obsolete.It's all in the name of evolution & improvement but is it really a step forward. The added complexity & costs just get in the way of what should be a simple machine - The Bike.
I mainly ride on the road, long day rides, sportives, foreign holidays etc. I had a new bike back in 2016, full carbon, Ultegra 6800 etc. The way that bike has become dated is insane. Just on appearance, shape design & being rim braked etc, the industry trends have totally left it behind. I wouldn't be so bothered but I do wonder about the availability of things like decent wheels or even brake blocks in the future. Never has the component industry forged ahead with such determination as to render peoples old componentry or whole bikes as defunct.
As for the pricing of chains, cassettes etc, that's for the top end kit and top Sram stuff has always been insanely priced. Perfectly good gear available that doesn't cost eye watering amounts.
For a website that specialises in keeping 30+ year old bikes on the road with standards not seen for 15 years, we don't half worry about something that has not happened happening!