Catalina gang and I feel the same way. There was also that incident where network filtering through the new API in Big Sur was not applied to Apple owned apps

Catalina gang and I feel the same way. There was also that incident where network filtering through the new API in Big Sur was not applied to Apple owned apps and thus any attempt to block traffic from these apps failed. Very inconvenient for people on limited bandwidth connections and posed a security threat by exposing a way for apps to bypass app firewalls. Of course this was eventually fixed but only after many people (including myself) complained. Additionally since I have an Intel Mac, I feel like it wouldn’t be taking advantage of the M1 optimizations. I am not using any of the new iOS-like features as well, so I truly have nothing to gain. Once they stop releasing security patches, I’ll reluctantly upgrade to whatever OS is available at the time.