That's right, many users have left Ethereum. Many new projects are developing and they are even creating their own networks without utilizing the Ethereum network anymore. This is the impact on Ethereum when they do not listen to suggestions from the community to immediately fix the problems that occur on Ethereum.
Long ago we always read complaints from ethereum users, that this network has very expensive gas fees. There are lots of complaints and complaints and apparently ethereum dev doesn't have a solution. This makes many users switch to other, cheaper networks