Again, I still enjoy F1, but I would be lying if I did not say that I enjoyed the regs more 2006-2008. I think they achieved a balance there. Overtaking? I believe the Irvine point, what more special, 2 overtakes in a race done on pure merit and skill, or 20 artificial overtakes due to DRS. Sadly, there is no going back to those days it would seem.
The thing is, I don't think anybody is ever happy.
In the latter Bridgestone days, people complained that races were processional with little overtaking, and few differing strategies in a dry race.
So F1 brought in DRS to aid overtaking, and degradable tyres to introduce more strategy to the races. And people don't like that either, apparently.
I can't fault them for trying to please fans, but it is a pretty impossible task. It's all very well saying you enjoyed the 2006-2008 regulations now, but what did you think to them back then? There used to be some incredibly dull races - but I guess it is the rose tinted glasses mentality - everything was better back then, even if it actually wasn't.
I'd bet good money that if DRS was removed from the regs, and we went back to the days of rock solid tyres where every race was a one stopper, it wouldn't be long before people started moaning about how boring it was, and how they wished we could return to the regs of a few years ago.
Like I said, there is no pleasing some people. I think what fans need to do, before slagging F1 off as "broken", "boring" or whatever, is work out what they actually want. Do you want fewer overtakes with no DRS, and tyres that can last a race distance, or more overtaking and more strategy but with less durable tyres? Because it is quite clear that at the moment it is impossible to have both.