That's understandable hardly anything is original. Once something new comes out their's 20 or 30 bands with that sound now a few months later. That kind of happens in any decade.
Well I dunno if we have better when we have now 10x more bands or however many more there are playing almost same stuff just wearing different costumes in music videos and on gigs. Better marketing, more views on youtube. Novelty
Old times people needed offline community, now online community. Not necessarily online is better, I enjoyed listening to music with other people, trade cds and recommendations in close contact. Both has advantages, old times had