I'm sure a lot of A/B testing has gone into the changes a lot of others are complaining about. Given GMail's mix of users, a subset of whom are probably power

I'm sure a lot of A/B testing has gone into the changes a lot of others are complaining about. Given GMail's mix of users, a subset of whom are probably power users that are open to 'discoverable' features, would it not be sensible for GMail to allow an option, an option that a vocal minority of power users do seemingly want, to be selected and allow these users to retain these features they were used to. Adding 3rd party hacks doesn't seem optimal. A/B testing is like voting: It results in dissatisfaction for an often large proportion of those affected. Using techniques like multivoting that don't result in a single answer for everyone just seems like a better idea given these audiences are sufficiently large enough to support.