Also I would actually say that older folks that have been around for the more open systems when the web was flourishing have a bias for things to always be this

Also I would actually say that older folks that have been around for the more open systems when the web was flourishing have a bias for things to always be this way, even if it was transient. Younger people who experience more locked down things throughout their existence come to expect it. So not sure about the young vs old