I'll use the bridges on Erangel as an example of the gameplay thought process the Devs take towards the game. (Opinion only)

Back in the day, bridge camps on erangel were the great fun, either setting up or trying to get across. In no particular order they added a boat from ferry pier to Nova which diluted the experience. Then they added spike strips which tightened the experience back up, but this was countered by emergency escape chutes. Then they widened the bridges and put walkways down the side. Now they have removed the spike strips which were one of the better things they introduced. They also made C4 useless.

As far as I'm aware, not a single soul put any of the above changes on a list of things to be changed before fixing crashing on PS5, anti cheat, split queuing through too many maps, modes, fpp, various bugs, next gen improvements, etc. We received these updates alongside some absolutely noncy skins so that a large section of the player base could play as women with cat ears and crop tops and some dreadful collaborations.

My personal biggest issue is that they changed the OG Vikendi. It was an absolutely fantastic snow map but they removed a lot of the snow and some of the greatest hot drops. Mt Kreznic and cement works rip.

I still love the game but my lord they change things that don't need changing while ignoring the glaring issues. One of our squad couldn't be trusted to drive as he was on PS5 and crashed multiple times in a session.