I can’t believe anyone puts any effort into “bring back X” mods.
The change is done, they’re not going back, any “reversal” you may make is utterly temporary and depends on the lone soul who wrote it in an afternoon and forgot about it.
Anyone having lived online for 5 years knows this: there’s only going forward, Google Reader isn’t coming back.
It may be temporary, but if bringing back X improves the quality of someone's life, more power to them. We're stuck with the downsides of continuous delivery; having a consistent UI for just a bit longer can be a cognitive relief.
When Pixel phones switched from navigation buttons to gestures I tried them and hated the experience and reverted. Eventually I got forced over to gestures and still hate them so delaying gave me a bit more bandwidth to allocate from stupid UI changes to things I actually care about.
For offline things, I agree - the people keeping older versions of Photoshop working, for example, are getting plenty of value and saving money.
For a network service, however, I think this is worse than doing nothing: continuing to use Twitter at this point is not neutral but actually supporting and rewarding Musk for every decision he’s made, and your use of a social network encourages people you know to stay there. That means that you’re not only not finding a long-term replacement, you’re making it harder for one to exist.
The change is done, they’re not going back, any “reversal” you may make is utterly temporary and depends on the lone soul who wrote it in an afternoon and forgot about it.
Anyone having lived online for 5 years knows this: there’s only going forward, Google Reader isn’t coming back.