Eh... while I think dubious stuff happened with Red Bull during 2020/2021, you can't dispute that Adrian Newey is the best there is with designing a car, especially regarding ground effect. I think he and his team deserve a lot of respect for just how good the post 2021 Red Bull car has been. Cost cap grey areas with the catering stuff wouldn't really have affected anything that much.
Verstappen is also very talented. I think it's hard for me to put him in the Schumacher/Hamilton tier, as his weak team mates makes it hard to guage but he is very very good, at least as good at Vettel. And like Vettel he was an cocky arrogant little gobshite initially, but he is maturing and has calmed down a lot after he got his first (legitimite) championship.
I have softened to him over the past year much as I did to Vettel as time went on and they matured. I like his dont-give-a shite-attitude to all the extra Extra F1 stuff that Liberty is demanding, like the cheesy driver intros at Miami/Las Vegas for example. He also does bits here and there that make me think there is a decent lad underneath. Yesterday during the grid walk, he made time to chat to Martin Brundle, when he really didn't have to, and asking Martin how he was, which is nice. What I don't like is him not calling out the racist stuff towards Hamilton more. I just hope if we get a more competitive year, he doesn't revert back to the Verstappen of old and start shoving people, both on and off the track!
I know we all want some competition and excitement back in F1, but at the end of the day it's up to the other teams to develop their car better and bring them up to the standard of Red Bulls.
I think Perez is still in that seat, as Red Bull don't want someone who will compete with Verstappen in the same team. They know they are on to an easy win this year, and want a Schumacher/Barrichello set up, not a Hamilton/Rosberg one. It makes it even more boring to watch for the spectator sadly, but it's understandable from Red Bulls point of view.