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Originally Posted by ChicagoRy
Game structures are better today.
They are faster, and often include more action.
People make posts like OP every year since poker became popular.
People made posts like this during the booming years leading up to black friday. Poker is "always dying" and "fish are disappearing" when you read these forums.
The largest evidence of issues and declining of poker has been due to regulations in certain countries (namely the USA, but also France, Italy, Spain and others). It's taken a toll on liquidity, advertisement and costs (rake).
Berating recreational players is obviously bad but I rarely see any reg doing this. I'd guess it's less than 1 in 100. There's always going to be a few idiots in the mix.
There are certainly problems with poker and structures (such as severe bumhunting in heads up cash over the years), but those are issues that always existed, and have somewhat improved over time.
This.
I've been playing on line seriously for nearly 10 years and I can recall this type of post being made almost the entire time.
Stop blaming software and those who use the the available software for the fact that you can't win. Stop demanding that every site should ignore their own best interest and customize their rules to fit your skill set.
Instead of complaining about every site not customizing the games to fit your skill set put the work in to become a winner or play a site that caters to your skill set.
Almost every site has Zoom type games for those who don't like waiting around. I can think of two sites with tight table caps. I can think of two sites with anonymous tables.