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They're being obtuse. What "it's likely the IT landscape has shifted" actually means is "they got Starlink and their connection is fast now, and I know this for certain but I want to downplay it as much as possible because I'm trying to make a point".

[sham1]

Or they could be making a joke about how quickly trends shift in IT. It's like how people joke (or at least used to joke) that you'd get a dozen new JavaScript frameworks daily.

Exaggeration for comedic effect, in other words.