This was vastly the dominant opinion of establishment and trade media at this time. Beyond conventional wisdom to conventional certitude. Also see venn diagram of fancy reporters and people who don't like to sit in rooms with non-powerful people.
Kara Swisher's NYT columns & pods declaring the end of movie theaters, glazing streaming CEOs & Warner's soon-to-be-ousted Jason Kilar (who fumbled Christohper Nolan), and declaring her own lack of interest in moviegoing as indicative of a national trend have aged like dogshit