Just passing by today, most L2 airdrops today have very few allocations unlike from Op, Arb worth thousands without doing anything nor farming hard, Layerzero just ruined all future airdrops this is one of the worst in history for forcing us to pay to claim allocation which is totally unacceptable, but what can you expect with the CEO of Layerzero lol a casino gambler turned to crypto CEO.
I don't blame new projects because they are just trying to avoid giving piece of pie to farmers, even though measures may look extreme. In case of LayerZero, donations were sent to Ethereum's protocol guild and it made sense to donate since your airdrop was worth a lot more than donation amount.
During times of OP, ARB and prior there were less farming, less diluted, more the reward.