I strongly hesitated for that reason. But maybe we can learn from it?:-)

It made me laugh

I think the main complaint is "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".

I like the old UI. I had no complaints. So why change it? So much developer expense for zero user benefit.

I used that one revert Gist that NTTS talked about and it's been the same as always ever since. If Discord makes an update that removes the old UI then I'll use an old version until they absolutely force me. I will not voluntarily use the new UI, because I think it's not as good, and that's it.

I use Element (not X) daily, but a major frustration is that sometimes messages that you've received won't show up until you restart the client. In the past a lot of "Waiting for this message, this may take a while" also appeared. In the android app there is also no search function.

Don't get me wrong I love the concept and the app so far, but it isn't nearly as polished as Discord is (which I also use daily)

I miss mIRC, maybe it is time to take a look back.

Feature bloat. Adding lots of stuff that most people arent really asking for, tanking the performance of the app.