Your electronics from before the 80s (and often the 90s) was soldered by a human though.
I am capable of assembly with 402 and 603, but I can't even begin to imagine that going well on an assembly line.
(805 is somewhere around the size of small rice, 402 is half that size)
Also, I forgot to mention most processors are BGA packages AFAIK, so impossible to actually solder manually.
Your electronics from before the 80s (and often the 90s) was soldered by a human though.