You mean the switch away from useless eye candy, advertising, link farms, popups, slide down flaps, useless multi-page clicks, cookie consent popups and banners

You mean the switch away from useless eye candy, advertising, link farms, popups, slide down flaps, useless multi-page clicks, cookie consent popups and banners, ...? Yes, it is jarring, but in a good way. To each their own I guess.