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Because fracturing the UI doubles the work needed on feature changes each time it happens.
Not really. Stop maintaining it, but leave it for those who want to opt in to it. Exactly how old.reddit worked. They managed to avoid most of the backlash for their new UI because us diehards could stick to the old one.
Ideally, yes. But they make breaking API changes semi often IIRC. The old version wouldn’t last long at all.