I joined the BTC movement late, around 2013/2014 (no, I don't have tons of BTC, don't waste time trying to scam me) and I remember the excitement when there were new ways to spend your BTC. Maybe a new store accepting BTC, maybe a new way to sell your stuff for BTC, etc.
Nowadays all the talks are about storing your BTC and hope they go high like crazy. I get it, but that's a pyramid scheme, it's not a digital money revolution.
I am pretty bored right now.
Bitcoin, as well as crypto payments, were a new thing. There were few altcoins in 2013/2014 and the most adopted cryptocurrency among others was Bitcoin. The value of coin was low, so the transaction fees were almost non-existent. Bitcoin was the most popular crypto currency with 0 fees, which made it the leader coin in P2P transactions.
In 2013/2014, the majority of Bitcoin users were enthusiasts, those who believed in this product. Today, it's a different time. People buy Bitcoin because they want to increase their financial profit, not because of P2P payments because for that purpose, there are some other good alternatives as well. So, since the majority of people are here financial gains and probably have no idea about what Bitcoin is and what it does, they won't speak about it, they'll speak about their interest.