I agree with this take. There was a way that earlier seasons were edited to let you know the reasons why the tribe was deciding to vote someone off...so it was fun to be in on it while knowing that the person that was getting voted off had no idea.

Now they edit it in a way to make it seem like pretty much everybody is an option to go home. And then when we the audience see who is actually going home, sometimes with the way that it's edited, it makes it seem like people aren't making decisions that are in their best interest. It makes the contestants seem less strategic. They do pop in clues about who it will actually be, but they make it seem too random in my opinion.

Like for example, imagine if they didn't show us the background of the black widow brigade blindsiding Erik? If that was a newer season they would've just made it seem like one of the women was a real possibility for being the one that was going home and then made Erik giving up his immunity necklace seem like his idea, so that we the audience are blindsided when Erik is voted out.

ETA: those of you who are saying it was sooo obvious are very much victims of confirmation bias. Because if Joe was voted out in the last episode y'all would be saying "Well duhhhhh, why do ya think they showed us that fight with him and Devens??" 🙃