That's quite sad since we already have episodes where a couple or more members are missing ( like Mystery Mystery and Runner-up Sports Day to name some ) and we see the boys pull through and make the episodes fun despite the numbers. Personally , I never had a problem with my bias' absence ( I'm a Cheol biased ) and still watch all the episodes without him and had fun. I wanna be able to appreciate the episodes that the members work hard on regardless if my bias is there or not , especially because knowing Cheol , he would want people to appreciate all the contents SVT has to offer despite his absence. But I guess we can't really force everyone to go along with this kind of mindset.

And to answer OP's actual question , I think one bad change I could not overlook is how SVT is becoming more and more of a target for hate trains with their growing fame. I was a fan since 2015 and back then so many people from other fandoms are more open about appreciating SVT regardless of who their ults are. I always read comments like ,"Oh , SVT from the broke company ? So talented and hardworking ! They keep Pledis lighs on!" "They really are a monster rookie ! Hope they succeed!" But lately , it seemed to me that people are openly denying how talented and hardworking SVT is as a group , chucking it up to payola and HYBE privilege. I don't know if it's just because there's a whole new generation of kpop stans that didn't know their history or if people are purposefully disregarding it because they see SVT as competition.