Am I alone thinking the originals are way better than the processed versions, even in the demo on that link? Somehow all this excessive tone filtering, "smart"

Am I alone thinking the originals are way better than the processed versions, even in the demo on that link? Somehow all this excessive tone filtering, "smart" unsharp masking, artificial noising and noise-filtering - all that computational stuff - takes the life out everything? The dynamic range is narrow. Stuff is compressed into flat mess of colors, similarly to how they compress audio these days. Huge "ringing" artifacts on contrasting edges. Gross. How is that elevated photography?