Personally, I couldn't give a monkeys about what people have to do thse days to get a licence. That I did a full wrtten exam and, later, a Morse test encoiraged me to study and learn. Constantly bashing those who come into the hobby via a different route seems to be all that keeps some older hams motivated these days.
I've had issues with planners over the years and also had a few long peroids when, thanks to work mostly, I wasn't able to be very active but I find myself still as enthusiastic about the hobby as I was 45-odd years ago, when I first discrovered it. There's always something new to try, be it some new opering mode or new technology.
If it hooks you, you, it's a great hobby that can be enjoyed well into old age, with a few additional aids - such as the four electric winches I have here to install on my two mobile towers. I'm getting too old to keep cranking them up and down by hand now!!