Definitely surprised waaay back around 2020 (⊙…⊙ )
Now, BL is all about smut and in your face sex scenes without much plot and it's like looking for a needle in a haystack to find some good ones. The market is oversaturated at this point ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭
And I agree, rn it's just "meh" ( ̄へ ̄)