@john32123666 by the time being your brain fills the gaps better than the reencoding: because is used to poor video content vs reality. Most old NTSC analog to digital converted video suck, but you fill the gaps among the noise and blur and chroma aberrations 🐶
You also don't mention the movement artifacts due to blocking "correction", invisible in video stills. For me its the worst part I haven't seen corrected yet.
As any other content if you don't like it don't download it, but Its true that, having the "original" video can lead to better reconstructions in the future, because most reconstruction levels can be achieved in real time (with a player) at this moment.
Current good AI reconstruction can lead to better overall experience in a lower size file, which is good.