Sure. There's no such thing as learning. All experience is "gut feeling."
I have 30 years of experience and I see it totally different than you.
So who is right?
You, because of 10 extra years or I, because I have grown up with newer D&D.
So experience is nice and such, but you should back it up with some data. And when evaluating data, you should evaluate them equally.
You can say: for our group, it is a buff, because X and Y are more valuable than Z. But this is no objective truth. It is your subjective truth, which results from your experience. Other's can have different experience.
See, I see where you are coming from and I agree, that the newer ranger is more versatile (not more powerful). I do however think it lines up with the tasha alternate features very well. I think it might be a debuff in some regards (the 3rd level feature from tasha is all around great...).