In part, the "Enterprise wasn't that bad" has come as mostly in comparison to modern Trek, with the exception of Strange New Worlds and possibly Lower Decks. I

In part, the "Enterprise wasn't that bad" has come as mostly in comparison to modern Trek, with the exception of Strange New Worlds and possibly Lower Decks. I liked Enterprise when it first aired. It was no where near as good as Deep Space Nine and Voyager still felt more like TNG, but as a whole, those older shows stand together. But Picard was awful (somehow, S2 didn't happen and the Borg returned), Discovery was awful (S5 was middling but better). It's the same with Star Wars. Episode 1 through 3 did suck, but were nowhere near as bad as 7 through 9. Episodes 1 through 3 made the whole series Vader's story, with Luke's echo part of Vader's own redemption. It added something. The new ones added nothing. Worse, they were the beginnings of the attempt to tear everything down (Luke bad, Jedi bad, you don't need training, you don't need self-control...).