I had exactly the same experience.

After using the Ergodox since around 2020 it is hard to see going back to a non-split keyboard. It helps that I also swapped to a trackball at the same time and I find the ergo of having a trackball between a split keyboard to be excellent.

Also, having the backspace key as the "home" key for my left thumb has greatly increased my typing speed....I make a lot of mistakes.