What I find confusing about the complaints of the ST being too similar to the OT is this. Think about the MCU or even James Bond series. You could make a great case for all those films being similar to each other in several ways. Villains, overcoming adversity, superhero tropes, Bond finding an ingenious way to save the day at the last minute, dialogue etc etc.
I don’t hear many folks talking about that…at all…but then again I don’t get out much. 😉