After all these years I think people deep down know that NS was supposed to be but they prefered another shipping. Like is been so long since the ending and people are still trheatened by a dead ship. Any NS content on tiktok that I see the comments are filled with:
"Soul mates (Best Friends)"
"Besties"
"They truly belongtogether as best friends"
And the scene could be explicitly Naruto saying he loves Sakura to Sai or the fmale ninja lmaooo9