i've been using bitcoin all this time perfectly fine.
This. For a couple years they've said spam's effects will get worse and it's only gotten better in my experience. They are bothered that people don't use the chain the way that they would and want you to believe that bitcoin is somehow turning into ethereum, with some hand-wavy explanation. The chain has a capped growth rate that's much slower than the affordability/availability of mass storage. One is linear, the other is curved upward. Then they go with their scary illegal/immoral content FUD, as if it's not already on chain and preventing more of that will magically flip fiat brains and lead to a strategic bitcoin reserve and hyperbitcoinization.
This. For a couple years they've said spam's effects will get worse and it's only gotten better in my experience. They are bothered that people don't use the chain the way that they would and want you to believe that bitcoin is somehow turning into ethereum, with some hand-wavy explanation. The chain has a capped growth rate that's much slower than the affordability/availability of mass storage. One is linear, the other is curved upward. Then they go with their scary illegal/immoral content FUD, as if it's not already on chain and preventing more of that will magically flip fiat brains and lead to a strategic bitcoin reserve and hyperbitcoinization.