Now at this point, it's not the usability or how good it is over other products or how you can do more with AIs.

Drupal needs to market how well it can people make $ or at least save. ROI is a good KPI to bring up, if the team has data to back it up, etc.

Rural lost almost all of the good will, and foe good reason. It was a dumpster fire with a half arsed ecosystem of extensions. During that period WordPress was flourishing, listening to users, and making sure administration was a lot easier.

Saying that Drupal is better than it has ever been is not much of a statement. It still isnt as easily extensible due to having a smaller community of contributors as an after effect of mismanagement.

I hope they have improved, but their reputation has been earned repeatedly.