Everyone has some degree of "subjectivity" in their opinion, but it should be based on as much objective knowledge and consideration as possible. It is not "dated" to want important aspects about skating to be properly assessed in the scores. It's educated.
The way some people talk, they seem to think everything about skating can be known from looking at a protocol sheet, or that the recent trends in skating are inherently what must be best. People hold up the scoring system as if its the bible, when it's nothing more than a very fallible constructed mechanism for trying to introduce more concrete evaluation into the judging of figure skating, following the 2002 scandal. As with all instances of trying to take superficial things on paper as inherently correct and unmovable, it leads to a whole lot of red-tape and other sorts of bad decisions or bad practices taking place.
Another similarity I see in a lot of viewpoints is like comparing typical new-age digital cinematography to film. Most modern viewers just accept the kind of visuals that are now more commonly seen in TV/Movies, when digital frequently removes a lot of possible beauty and nuance from the kind of images that can be created. Or comparing computer animation to hand-drawn. Or comparing the depth of discussion generally found on twitter, to what can be found in an in-person or forum conversation.
It's figure skating we are talking about and it is a subjective sport. Being "educated" doesn't mean necessesarily to be objective. Being educated just means that you have been around a lot and have lots of history to compare with. And it doesn't mean that it used to be "so much better before".
I consider myself educated. I know I am not an expert, but I know this much...the current judging system is way better than the old one. And that is because I am educated and know how the old system worked. I am not holding up the current scoring system as a bible, it sure has it flaws, but it is a sport we are dealing with here, and the current judging system is what we have...so let's accept the system - or question it. That is what we can do.
I find it a bit hilarious to question scores here and there, and techniques and whatnot, and directing it to certain skaters - and also comparing it to old time skaters. It just can't be done. I was re-watching Medvedeva's World wins the other day, and wow how things have changed just in a couple of years. Those programs just doesn't cut it anymore. They were lovely, yes, but they are not comparable. Which also means that we can't compare scores, techniques, skating skills and whatever, because they were judged back then with what was the norm in those days.
If we have certain opinions about the scoring and judging- turn them to the ISU. It's a a numbers game now, and if athletes know a way, whatever technique they have, to get the numbers, of course they will go for it.
Unfortunately though, figure skating fans tend to turn on the skaters, or the judges, or have conspiracy theories about the judging. Not helping. The skaters, as always, are innocent in all this and is doing their job trying to get those darn points. And as it is a subjective sport, there will always be discussions. But fans tend to turn against skaters instead of the ISU if they are not pleased.
Sometimes I wonder if figure skating fans realise that this is a numbers game like in every other sport. It didn't used to be (like in the scandal 2002 year), but even back then, the numbers were there, the difference was that we never saw them. I'm pretty sure no one wants that sneaky era back.
