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ext4 being old, and still being the main file system most distros use by default, should be enough alone to tell you being old isnt bad.
it means its battle tested, robust, stable, and safe. Otherwise it wouldnt be old and still be in widespread use.
This is exactly my outlook. Ext4 has proven itself as a robust and reliable file system.
RHEL uses XFS as default.
Currently running BTRFS. Next fs is gonna be ext4. No need for anything else
Are you saying you don't like btrfs?
i would generally recommend XFS over ext4 for anything where a CoW filesystem isn't needed. in my experience, it performs better than ext4 at most workloads, and still supports some nifty features like reflink copies if you want them.