The problem with revivals is that they're all about what the revivalist resonated with at the time. Most times are rich with creativity and multiple, often contrasting, viewpoints. When you distill them into a form of nostalgia, they are necessarily the reduction that resonates most with the folks orchestrating the revival.

The early web meant a lot of different things to a lot of different people, but many people want to claim that they represent the true spirit of the early web.