Web3 not the way it used to be

How Airdrop Farming Changed Over Time

→ 2020 (Uniswap)
Did a single ETH swap
Reward: $12,000

→ 2021 (ENS)
Registered an onchain name
Reward: $15,000

→ 2022 (Aptos)
Minted a free testnet NFT
Reward: $3,000

→ 2023 (Arbitrum)
Used a bridge and a few swaps
Reward: $3,000

→ 2026 (Today)
Did $1,200,000+ in volume
Completed 800+ transactions
Minted dozens of NFTs
Borrowed and lent across chains
Farmed 10+ Discords for months
Posted 300+ tweets and threads
Grinded every XP, karma, badge, level, quest, season
Did KYC, quests, referrals, daily check-ins
Reward: $76
(20% unlocked, the rest vested for 4 years)
what changed over the past years?
do we really have the adoption we crying for ?
so do we all got cooked ??

why thing even get more complicated and difficult
x is now even more boring
web3 is quiet 🤫
nobody is making money from web3

should we go back to web2 ? ??