Again, you’re not offering anything of value to the conversation, other than “some people cried”. Well, great. That’s nice.
The point being it was a function that was already existing. It was introduced to fulfill a function that was missing. What harm would there be to keep it? It’s not like the screen real estate is now being put to use for something else. It’s an odd decision, which only serves to alienate some users, while offering no benefit to others…