I agree. Looks like the corporate greed has set in. Shareholders looking at the market envy other platform’s financial returns and want WordPress to become Wix or Weebly or whatever. The CEO wants his bonus and complies, regardless of what the original supporters of the platform want. The classic editor plugin has already created performance issues for me and is not a satisfactory answer despite a seemingly ever-increasing support period (now 2022).
The door is now open for another platform. It will take time, but it will come and WordPress may pay the price of ignoring its core supporters.