I guess the whigs were for taking power from the king, so I am 100% whiggish (this is also coming from an American who might not understand the nuances here), but I agree not all new things are better by default

Ah, sorry, I slipped into history geek jargon. Whiggish in this sense is "whig history"; a historical school that presents history as a journey from an oppressive and benighted past to a "glorious present". See "golden age of boardgames" type talk as a parralel.