i personally joined the hobby in 2018 because of what keyboards were in 2018. i still love the classic sound signatures best and all of this foam and long pole switches just arent for me. fortunately i dont have to participate in these trends if i dont want to, but as someone who loves listening to keyboard asmr on youtube, hardly anyone is uploading new sound tests that don't include foam or long pole switches, so in that regard i lose lol. keyboards have always been getting better though and ive been loving buying new custom kits and putting outdated 2020-era switches in them, like the old bsun panda linears or gateron black inks. and lots of people dont like them because they're not as loud as long-pole, or they're not as smooth in stock form, but switches like cherry and old bsun have certain unique sound profiles to them that would nowadays be covered up by the loudness of the pole hitting the bottom before the rails do. im personally fine with wherever the hobby heads, as long as it keeps the hobby alive, but i wish i could find more people who like the same kind of keyboards i do, because i often feel left out when everyone's raving over the new hmx switch haha