That's a bit strong. The levels attained by the likes of Magnus is true art, and it's cool that the art has had such a following for so long.

I agree on fast chess being more fun, but hey now :)

I don't think it will ever go away if chess is still around. But perhaps it stops being the main viewership draw

Isn’t very high-level chess kind of dead already? I mean - watching Karpov-Kasparov was watching two best players in the world. But nowadays a match between human players just clarifies which of the second-rate devices is better than another. Or is it just me?

Yeah, classical 960 would be amazing since it de-emphasises preparation.