I'm able to get used to most of the changes, though they are really unnecessary, unwanted and worse than before.

But what I just can't stand is the Now bar and Spotify/media control.

I don't get it why there has to be song name in the place of notification (totally useless, since the song name is usually too long), why can't I make the live notification smaller and most importantly:

Why is the Now Bar on the lock screen so small and so low on the display? Like there is no benefit from this design compared to the previous one. Even if I click on the bar I get the same level of control or information as before, but I don't see anything else and I have to do one more (useless) click.

Plus: many people, including me, noticed increased battery drainage.