But then it'd be false that the internet is the wrong place. This person's account is from 2011, which shows they don't believe what they claim.

I think they are playing devil's advocate in the most irritating way. Good things, and good venues, are worth preserving against enshittification.

Let's not blandly accept this. Fight against it, even if it's a losing battle.

"It was always like this" is false, anyway.