Do you mean that the "old" style didn't make it commercially viable, and the "new" one does?
I would disagree. At least before I would visit it intermittently whenever I remembered it existed. Now I have zero interest in ever visiting it again.
I would disagree. At least before I would visit it intermittently whenever I remembered it existed. Now I have zero interest in ever visiting it again.
> Now I have zero interest in ever visiting it again.
You barely had any interest in visiting in the first place. You don't build a commercially viable product by catering to people who routinely do not use you.
You can disagree, but again, you didn't visit for years at a time, so it doesn't matter.
For me, a theme that's arising is that the previous style was pretty polarising, but at the same time it was a differentiator. Now, it's neither of those.
It appears that this works better for them commercially, too; so more power to them.