I used to be quite stubborn: I only looked at the on-chain data, and anyone who said "the experience is bad" or "it's unfair" I took as emotional.

Later, after watching that bunch of sorted transactions in MEV for a long time, I realized that the impact of cutting in line isn't just an abstract "market," but people like you and me who normally swap, set limit orders, or try to mint: the same intent, a change in order, and slippage, transaction price, or even failure fees all fall on you.

What's even funnier is during this airdrop season, the task platforms' anti-snipe measures are as strict as attendance checks, with a points system turning sniping into a full-time job...
But on-chain execution still depends on the order of the queue: you interact for a long time, then get sniped or bumped by someone else, and your contribution is turned into "efficiency" for others.
Honestly, fairness or unfairness isn't just a slogan; you need to dig into the evidence chain of the sorting rules, builder/relay paths, or else all the arguing is just "I feel."
I've also corrected myself now: emotions are okay, but they need to be backed by on-chain evidence, or it's just pure gossip.