I don’t know where you all live, but in my country, it has become a trend to say that the prequels weren’t so bad after all, especially since The Force Awakens was released and was not really well received, at least among my age group.
So now it doesn’t surprise me when people rank the PT higher than the OT (but it kind of pisses me off).
I don’t even want to know where you live, LOL.