GDQ was at least watchable even when it was no fun allowed in the late 2010s. After the pandemic it just became an insane cult that was all about relentless minute-by-minute sociopolitical affirmation, reformatting the event into the staff performing a variety show, being as intrusive to runners and viewers as possible, running memes and donation comments trends into the ground, and the 80% of viewers who left were just wrong and unwelcome. I follow a couple dozen streamers I found through GDQ's peripheral (some non-speedrunners like Maximilian_Dood also used to make big donations) and I don't remember the last time one even attended besides Oats. It's clearly dead to them and they just keep quiet about it instead of rocking the boat.