Everyone dislikes it. This is among the reasons why Windows 8 was such a massive failure, it tried to force a UI that kind of makes sense on a small touch screen on PCs where it didn't make any sense.

Worse, Windows 8 failed after the failure of the Windows phone, which it copied.

Not particularly. The integration of iOS details into Mac OS is pretty limited. There are also Mac OS features leaking into iPad OS (windows with sidebar navigation panel).

I do too. There are two different mediums to create and consume content (using this word loosely), and turning one into the other is ridiculous.

I expected it with web apps and can almost excuse it there, but switching native desktop UIs to this format seems weird.

Yes, I hate the trend to apply mobile paradigms to a desktop OS. I will stay on Monterey for as long as I can.