Yes, I do believe that is the point. It is unnecessary and often derails useful threads into heated flame wars, and locks. As for the OP, had you been paying attention to the history of KSP, you may have realized that 0.90.0 was by no means the final product, and that everything was subject to change. And so it has. Here we all are, having a good time, re-living old failures, and successes. Most of us, anyways. I'm sure you can find some way to get KSP fun again, or, you could simply go back to playing 0.90.0.