There are certain negatives for the older players from playing more. Those same negatives are positives for the younger players, so, as much the OP wants to "give it" to Novak, he is just being generous, because it doesn't really matter anymore, not because there is much merit in what he says.
Worst screwed from the whole debacle are the younger players that are making a breakthrough. Sinner, Musetti etc. They would have had a lot more chances to raise through the rankings, and their ranking from the acquired points from 2020 would have placed them in much better position than they are now (thanks to the double counting from 2019, effectively transforming the rankings into a 2 year ranking system. Something Nadal vouched for in the past for exactly the same reason, to make the path of the upcoming younger players more difficult i.e. easier for him).