People were arguing the same things back then that they are doing now, half of them predicting aspects that we got. Others were thinking it would fix their problems. But they were blanket statements. Now I would like to quote something of 2021:
So when late 2022 occurred, guess what happened?
Not calling you out. I consider you my buddy, but I thought you would find this statement interesting from 2021 and someone that could most likely confirm since you were both there in that forum as well as a current victim to it: