There’s a setting to kinda get around having to use apps like this if you’re dealing w the notch. I don’t recall the specific command, but there is a way to shrink the icon spacing to allow more visible icons.
This is what I did too. I don't think I need bartender now. A lot of the cruft can be managed by the control center and there are smart options in the control center and menu bar.
These settings looked good to me:
defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSpacing -int 5
defaults -currentHost write -globalDomain NSStatusItemSelectionPadding -int 8