The software has been broken - the UI wasn’t designed with those toggles in mind so now users suddenly have non functioning features presented to the in the UI.
The argument the all users should be keeping up to speed on NEWS - especially in the stable channels this will end up in - to explain why their UX is suddenly broken is not exactly ‘user friendly’.
They don't need to, it is shown to them during apt-get upgrade
> especially in the stable channels
This is in testing/unstable. Stable users aren't and won't be affected until until the next major Debian version is released and the users decides to do the upgrade.
This isn't user hostile.
You know what'd be user hostile? Removing the functionality and not providing the -full package alongside.