It’s “way cleaner” in the same way that spraying fabric freshener on a pair of shit stained underwear is "way cleaner’.
I mean, this is a very Captain Obvious take. The problem is; it won’t change and it’ll only get worse.
Same, and when I have noticed it, I think it looks pretty nice at times. This is one of those cases of people just complaining for the sake of it.
If people want to complain about actual dumb UI changes; aim it at the new Discord mobile UI.
I’m a fan of Em’s pre-Recovery music, but I never considered myself a Stan. His fanbase is far worse than even Twitter K-Pop stans.