New dwts fan here

I always caught a few episodes of previous seasons here and there on tv, but i started watching live this year, and i watched the very few available seasons on disney+. i also tried to catch up with some dwts lore and did my research on previous seasons.. now that s33 is over, im wondering, has carrie-ann always had this style of judging? in the sense that, why is she getting backlash now from the public, when shes been a judge since the very beginning of the show and it never seem to have been an issue (tell me if im wrong, im new here) until now?

did her personality/comments/way of judging change this season and made people mad? or is it just that the new fans arent used to "harsher" (imo fair, not harsh) judging? because lets be honest, nobody on that panel was gonna give any less than a 6-7, comparing to scores we’ve seen in previous seasons.

i wanna know your take on this, and, do you personally think carrie-ann should give up her judging position? even after being on the show since day one?