When you have a product, you have 2 solutions: - Make changes that annoy some users - For fear of annoying anyone, keep adding without ever removing, increase

When you have a product, you have 2 solutions: - Make changes that annoy some users - For fear of annoying anyone, keep adding without ever removing, increase the number of settings, in other words bloat. Until a new, "lighter" alternative products comes and everyone moves out from your bloated product So yes, by removing features that they realized weren't good one, they're keeping the product simple.