Sprint discourse in Halo reveals something; most people cannot consider how small details affect the holistic view of something. People liked classic Halo because it WASN'T Battlefield, COD, Gears, or any other shooter with sprint in it. Not solely because it didn't have sprint, but because when viewed holistically, it was a substantially different game from the alternatives. Making even one singular change to make it more similar to those games completely ruins that because the entire concept of the game (again, viewed holistically) has to be redesigned to accommodate that change. 343i very explicitly said that one of their goals was to make Halo "more like COD," and nu-Halo and its fanbase is the result. You will even see people make that argument themselves, saying "every other shooter has it." This what anti-creativity and homogenization of a medium looks like. This is "you control the buttons you press" in action. It's a pass-fail test where you either understand why this is bad or you just concede (voluntarily or not) that you don't actually like or understand video games.

“But they keep nerfing it, it’s basically useless.” “So if it’s useless, don’t use it.” “But they make you use it.” “So then, how it is ‘basically useless?’” “Bro, just remove it.” “You CAN.”