Jeez Ramon...from your twisted logic of why not to buy a sim (it isn't worth copying because it has copy write protection so it must suck even though I have never tried one?) to your view of the good old days and how "the new generation is ruining everything", you really sound miserable.

I say the hobby is better than ever with all the technological improvements to equipment and designs. There is something for everyone and if you want to build like in the old days there is nothing stopping you. People are the same as they ever were and most folks block out the bad stuff and mostly remember the good, hence the "good ole days" syndrom.

I often hear how the hobby has changed because of ARF's and some people are not modelers which I suppose is valid but I know some modelers that are afraid to fly their planes that took many hours to build so they just sit.

Nothing you mentioned detracts from your ability to go out and do what you want in the hobby.