@HauntedOwlbear indeed. The small mercy is that this change has only been propagated to unstable/testing distributions, so it’s enthusiasts who’ll currently be scratching their heads over this.
Hopefully sanity will prevail, because if this change makes it into stable distros, that will be a very well-publicised shitstorm. 😂
It’s also a reminder that app developers often get the blame for distro maintainer decisions, which is why they increasingly try to distribute their own Linux packages.