League of legends changed too much and RIOTs own lies sent players away aswell.
"We don't enforce the meta." Then stop nerfing champions that would require a change in the meta to counter!

Well I havent played in years, but when I did they nerfed Olaf to simply unviable
and unplayable because he would dominate the top lane. No would even try
maybe play a different champion or try another way of playing in general.

This did not happen when I played. Also nerfing new ways of playing champions like
mage Alistar after they became popular was another way they would enforce the meta.
Also by having only a few viable summoner spells; flash, ignite, etc.
While never even trying to buff the others will also keep enforcing the meta.
When I first started playing in Season 1 I could go mid as Garen if I wanted to and it was
fun. That is no longer possible due to riot making it so with their nerfs and changes.