That's what these changes aim to fix. You're getting a Chromium-like profile switcher/manager.
> Containers are better
Containers are very good... for container stuff. Profiles allow us to have different bookmarks, settings, extensions, themes, etc. Different tools for different jobs. I use both!
You can still use the old profile manager. At the pace Mozilla moves, it will be there for years.
> If you look at about:profiles and compare it to the new UI or to what Chromium has offered for years, then I think you'll understand that the new UI is much better for the average user.
No I think this looks way worse, than the native UI, they have had for decades and hope they don't remove the old UI, so it startup doesn't become slower and more annoying.