@OKCancel I'm a little confused.. what is it that you DO like?

For example, 1990s/early 2000s - movies would have some plot, decent performers, professionally filmed - basically whole package (Channel 1, Studio 2000, Jet Set etc.). The only thing I would change is get rid of condom (wonder if AI enhancement can come to rescue). For me it doesn't need be HD/UHD, 480p is good enough. Then there some gems from pre-condom eras (Falcon Studios, Cadinot etc.) Even some european productions, where the actors converse naturally, not reading out lines in a monotoned fashion, even if it means using native tongue. Hammer, Clair, Man's Best etc, come to my mind. There are exceptions to both, few videos of
current times also make the cut for me.

I am an old fashioned type - like romancing, foreplay, little flirting and turned off by some of the fetishes like fisting, torture, BDSM, pissing etc.

One thing that I hate is when straight guys tease gay activity, but then do not deliver, and laugh at the people who gave them money thinking they were going to get some gay content.

So long as there are suckers, such teasers will thrive. Not just in porn, there are scammers almost everywhere. Years ago, I used to wonder about spam emails of winning lotteries/gaining some inheritance, but then I actually came across someone who had really sent money in response to such email and not just once but twice. So even a few victims are enough to encourage such scammers, whose identities are unknown.

Tease all they want... Karma will happen eventually. It always does.

One thing that I hate is when straight guys tease gay activity, but then do not deliver, and laugh at the people who gave them money thinking they were going to get some gay content.

Jacking off is easy... Finding the video is the hard part LOL

The main difference is that these days, few videos have a director or cameraman. There is nobody to tell the performers to do or not do things that are exciting or boring. There is no cameraman to get the right angles for the right amount of time to show what we want to see.

You are probably generalising based on Fansites. I find lot many videos boring even though produced by studios
MEN Excessively skittish, faking etc. AND that seems to be directed that way
Say Uncle Very stereo typed, many times poorly edited and/or poorly shot (not talking about HD quality but faces missing from the frame, shaky hands). Series like Yes Father same dialoguesjust different faces
Next Door is yet another one that's "professional" production

Then there are studios like Helix, Corbin Fisher, Sean Cody, Men at Play still keeping up their levels. I am not particularly fan of these studios so maybe I overlooked something.

Anyway, my point is it's NOT lack of direction or cameraman etc.

Back in the olden days

You mean "Silence is Olden" ...
you should prolly go back to see Golden ...