If the developer *wanted* it to be the 'new' way, they'd have written it this way originally. They seem to know what they're doing. They may be happy with the the changes, but that's in relation to how badly it could've gone, not because they wanted to make the changes. In fact they may have hinted to trying to keep the original version in some way, somewhere else. Though I may have badly misunderstood that, in which case it's on me.
The problem wasn't you expressing your views and moving on, it was expressing it over and over and over to the point I joined in. We all know your opinion, honestly, it's repeated probably 5 - 10 times over the last page or two. You got your point across, I promise you.
We all wish the developer luck. You're not unique in that.