It was very predictable - thicker metal higher thermal resistance, pretty simple. They could have kept the layout and socket keep out areas but change the height (conversion kit would be new mounting screws or just washers for crafty users
) and the thermals would be improved a lot just as with deliding, maybe now they have an excuse to change sockets next year
I don't think there would be any outrage, pretty natural to need at least a mounting adapter with a new socket, maybe they feared it would take longer for manufacturers to adopt the new socket but they're no longer the underdog pseudo-newcommer they were back at the start of AM4, this was just a poor decision