"I'm a bit disappointed with how this nonsense is spread across HN today."
Are you saying that the many, many people posting and experiencing this are wrong and you are right?
And not just in this instance, nerfing has been complained about in a cyclical fashion for many months.
But, they're all wrong?
You're so confident in your experience that you cannot think that other's experiences are also true?
If you go back in time far enough, your logic can successfully be used to demonstrate the earth is flat.
"Could all these people seriously be wrong?" Yes, yes they could.
I'm pretty convinced that those who have constantly been posting these complaints, probably for every single model release out there, are indeed wrong.