I'll bite - I watch a lot of GCN videos (hot take around here, but GCN is Good, Actually) and they've done quite a few videos where the presenters ride older bikes, either for some kind of challenge, just out of interest or to compare the performance of an older bike to a modern one. The new bikes do outperform the old ones - and it would be weird if they didn't - but they don't spend the videos slagging on the old bikes. A number of times they've recommended older bikes as a fun and affordable way to get into the sport.