As a long time fan of ales I am very thankful that your's is an unpopular opinion. It is a good time for us ale drinkers after many years of drought.
There are about 55 million different IPAs nowdays, it's been around since the 18th century and has been very popular for at least 30 years I wouldn't say thats really a drought.
Nowdays you go into a craft beer bar and out of 50 taps , 45 minimum are IPAs. You are lucky if you get 2 stout choices. New IPAs are trying to out hop the others and get worse and worse too.
It's a trend that should burn itself out soon hopefully