This. From User perspective I feel like FS24 launches me back to SU4 / SU5 era in terms of general stability, but that’s beside the point here.
From development perspective this is worse than anything we had in 2020, ever. To check usage of RPN components in core aircraft in 2020 all I need to do is run a Notepad++ search across all XMLs in MSFS local files, 60-180 sec and done, it’s fast and convenient.
In 24 I need to trudge through VFS, but don’t go too fast or open too many things or it will crash. Development at the speed of continental drift. I don’t think many users are aware of the consequences. I keep hearing it will improve, just like 2020. No. They severely hindered our possibility to improve things. Improvements didn’t happen magically, people made them happen, and now they can’t.