Villeneuve is right in that DRS and media coached drivers really depart from made F1 special in the past.
The issue, of course, isn't about changing the sport for the sake of change, but trying to keep the money flowing. Sponsors don't want to pay millions of dollars to someone who says something embarassing, so the drivers know better than to speak freely, as it could literally cost them millions of dollar.
The gap between smaller budget teams and bigger budget teams threatens to grow embarassingly wide, so DRS is a way of taking away the extra 10ths of a second that a few million dollars can buy.
The irony is lost on my hero that the formation of BAR was really the epitome of modern overspending in F1 that's lead us down this road. They really changed the economics of the sport, and we're still feeling the effects today. A low key BAR, that grew into the sport (like RBR has) would have set the path for Honda and Toyota to follow. (Luckily, for all their headlines and executive 'talent', Mercedes does seem to have followed RBR's path of patience and steady improvement)