Why is everyone using the scandinavian defense?

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Why is everyone using the Scandinavian defense? I'm returning after a long time of not playing and I notice damn near everyone I face does the Scandinavian defense, given my Elo did Gotham make a video on it? I'm not complaining, I find it pretty interesting, but why?

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Honestly if you ask me I think it's a terrible opening for the elo I'm facing at, too easy to bully the queen for free and develop simultaneously, so the fact that it's being used a lot is even more confusing