It's still way to risky to try mining for Bitcoin...in my opinion at least. It will take a few months (at least) to try to earn back enough BTC to pay off the hardware. The big issue is that SO MUCH can happen in the crypto world that it becomes risky.
You're essentially better off buying BTC with whatever money you would have spent on mining hardware.
Again, in my opinion.
I respect opinions like this but realistically, any newbie can try and mine bitcoin without much risk (e.g. if they already own a decent GPU).
Besides, most if not all predictions/analysis/projections point towards the fact that bitcoin price is rising and will continue to rise. Where is all the negativity and skepticism coming from?