[thrdbndndn]

Google Maps has changed styles quite a few times, and it usually won't take long to get used to the new one.

One particular change before I remembered was when they reduced the contrast (and amount of details) when zoomed out, which I hated at the time, but now can't go back. It makes finding neighborhoods and such much easier. It looks like the author found the opposite, I guess it's just something very subjective.

(The author provided a comparison between various previous versions at the end (sans the newest), and I genuinely can't say the older ones were better, even the "before 2018" ones.)

But I do agree this newest one is bad, mainly due to the color choice of the roads. I really like GMap's white/yellow roads.