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Unfortunately, yours is one of them. Stats are the same difficulty to get as before, as the basic clean and feed take the same amount of energy and yield the same stats (albeit taking a little more time). The maximum stats have increased, so if you want to fully max someone's stats at a point in time it will take longer, but there is no reason to do so. All the higher maximum means is that you can stockpile more stats (either by doing more actions at a time, or using the stronger items), if you so choose, and therefore be able to coast through the degen for even longer before needing to return to prevent the stat from hitting zero.
For the items, the other user already explained that. The items are more expensive, but are also better. Using his example, if you liked using the aloe vera mask, you will spend more if you continue to do so, but get more stats out of it in the process. Alternatively, you can use the cinnamon mask and get the same stats for the same price as before. So there is an option that costs the same and gives the same stats, but now there are also more options than before as well, as the effectiveness of the items has been spread out. The only thing that changes is for items that are tied to level requirements (ex: feed 5 salmon to reach tier 5, etc). In those cases, where you are getting the item for the sake of a level req, and not inherently for the stats it yields, then in that case the same item is more expensive. And even then, the inverse where items you get from gachas are now about twice as strong, so that would more than outweigh the increased cost for a very specific level requirement. Beyond that specific case, buying items for regular usage is now better than it used to be, as it is either unchanged or you have new options (again, minus being slower).