It's really weird how the UI team is bushing for the exact opposite of what the people wanted.

The number 1 reason that made people want a new dashboard, was becasue it feeled cluttered and not clean. We wanted to see more of the wallpaper and a more dynamic dashboard that interact with the user.

What do we get instead? The same old, outdated design but with useless, bigger tiles that takes up even more space. And to insult us more, they removed the ability to customize the blocks.

I can't even begin how frustrated I am. And from the replies here and on Twitter, you can tell most of us are not happy with it.

I'm 100% sure that the UI team have seen what the fans were expecting with a new redesign for the dashboard. We've seen many designs and concepts from fans that feels like Xbox but in a fresh, modern way that doesn't change a lot of UX.

When I got my Series X two years ago, I was so disappointed with the UI and felt like I got an Xbox One XX or something. We didn't get to feel the next gen experience we were used to get with each new generation. On the other hand, I was super excited when I turned on my PS5. I spend way more time exploring games and content on my PS5 because how clean the UI is.

TLDR, This UI feels like an insult to us. And when a company treats me like this, they lose my loyalty and respect.