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It was once impossible to stream movies over the internet because modem technology was limited to 1200 bits per second. Even band-aids like doubling capacity wouldn't help enough.

Technically. Impossible.

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Streaming movies was impossible over dial-up, and still is. But you can if you have different internet connections like DSL, Cable, Fiber, etc.

For the original bitcoin that is currently being priced at $13,000 it is indeed technically impossible to exceed 6 transactions per second. Sure you could make a new crypto protocol, but it's not "bitcoin".

The protocol (proof of work based system using wallets and addresses) doesn't define the implementation and the implementation defines limits. The protocol especially does not define the implementation of other layers built alongside it, so this is a straw man.

If your argument is "any improvement to the current system" "isn't bitcoin" then that's a no true scotsman sort of argument and I don't think it holds much water.

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