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GP is talking about the numerical popularity of fansubs versus corpo-subs, not their quality. Fansubs have always had freedom and going-above-and-beyond as their strong point. They've just lost their relative share of the audience (barring the occasional exception). Doesn't mean some subbers won't continue to put out labors of love.

Also, newer people getting into the medium are mostly only used to consuming media via official streaming sites, so there's simply less awareness of fansubs versus the 2000s when fansubs were the only way to get Naruto online.