I’m guessing we’ll fall into two camps, the old old timers who remember their Epcot from 30 years ago, and see all these changes as negatives, and those of us who’ve only been going for a decade or 2 and have only known the lessor Epcot and see these changes as improvements.
My first visit to Epcot was 2013 so for me most of what they’ve done has been an improvement… replacing the tombstone front entrance with planters and the sculpture was a huge upgrade, the lighting on SSE is spectacular, Guardians (despite its visible show building and story faults) is a huge upgrade from Ellen’s, the green hub is a huge upgrade over the concrete jungle that was there, Moana (despite its odd placement) is a huge upgrade over the previously empty innoventions building, the new expo/stage building is an upgrade over the other innoventions building that was acting as a Starbucks/Coke stand with the other 90% empty, the new restaurant/Starbucks is an upgrade over the Umbrella restaurant, the new store is an upgrade over MouseGears, Space220 is a nice addition over the former empty lot, we like Frozen better than the Norway ride, Ratatouille is an upgrade over the formerly empty lot… the only downgrade I see is Harmonious vs Illuminations (which is hopefully being fixed).
I‘ve heard about the glory days of Epcot but from what I can tell they haven’t existed since the 90s, personally I’ll take what we have now over what I first experienced a decade ago.