Precisely. That has been Java's design goal from the beginning. It's not flashy or exciting or quick. It's a language for writing code that will keep on cranking along for decades, and maintained by multiple generations of developers.

They resisted adding any significant features at all for many years. They did gradually add some elements from languages like Scala and Kotlin, once they had proven that those features made really significant improvements to real code rather than just looking good in isolation.

It's the Honda Civic of languages. It's not especially fun and it doesn't keep up with the times. You just get in and go so that you can get something done.