Apple's post-Steve brain drain is real, and a lot of the internal redesign projects are now simply resume-driven development.
A lot of the people working on these systems weren't working professionally when 10.0 came out. Most of those people have moved on. Apple is not the same humans.
A corporation is a shield behind which humans plot and practice their most deliberate, libidinous schemes of avarice, moderated not by morality or community, but only by laws and markets. And for that, corporations have lawyers, resumes and advertising.
It is a rare corporation that retains a soul for longer than its founders presence, because lawyers, resumes and advertising cannot sense what founders could: a creative future.
I would think an increasing amount don’t remember it either. I was three at the time. The earliest OS X version I remember hearing about was Tiger, and I used Leopard.
A lot of the people working on these systems weren't working professionally when 10.0 came out. Most of those people have moved on. Apple is not the same humans.