I'd say so. Up until the Visual Basic era that was accessible even for literal children (like me), you'd need deep C/C++/ASM knowledge to churn out a program that was reasonably performant, and the rise of the Web+JavaScript expanded accessibility even more as you didn't need an expensive IDE+compiler.
The result of programming getting more accessible obviously leads to a decrease in average quality/skill.
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I'd say so. Up until the Visual Basic era that was accessible even for literal children (like me), you'd need deep C/C++/ASM knowledge to churn out a program that was reasonably performant, and the rise of the Web+JavaScript expanded accessibility even more as you didn't need an expensive IDE+compiler.
The result of programming getting more accessible obviously leads to a decrease in average quality/skill.