Before we had digital television, I could receive BBC channels. Now I can't.
I wouldn't be having the problems with utility suppliers that I am if they had never been privatised. A single non-profit making state owned enterprise is a wondrous thing. The improvements brought by market forces aren't terribly apparent to me. I blame Thatcher.
Free directory enquiries was pretty nice too.
Relaunched or reformulated fragrances are inevitably the worse for it (I'm looking at you Dior).
The current government is in no way better than the last government.
This blog is supposed to be better than the last one but it probably won't be.
On the other hand, 2012 surely has to be better than 2011.

Can you think of something that was better after it was improved?