It's a dying hobby. I say that as someone that has a general class license.

It desperately needs a modernisation of the laws surrounding it (particularly data rate and bandwidth limits that are excessively low), and some kind of standards body that can promote open & modern communication methods to compete with the current lineup of either ancient or proprietary modes.

First, ham radio is entirely aural. I've had a hearing loss since birth, and as it's almost 70 years later, I need visuals to speech read and cutting those off means I will not be emoting over the ham waves any time soon.

Second, in our age, as we move into Zoom and visual contact, ham will probably continue declining in use.

Third, I had a brief involvement with ham in my early teens with a beloved friend, Erc Falkoff, who was a joyous man and patient and loving. That's what I think of, when I think of ham radio...

I have a friend who just found a (somewhat) thriving HAM radio group and is having a great time. It was a surprise to me to find out that HAM radio is still being practiced and given our current isolation, I don't see it going away anytime soon.