As long as it’s not that stock android garbage, it’s ok in my book.
When you use the notification drawer you just want to press a toggle and get out. Categorizing those toggles make sense.
Making some of the toggles not toggles at all makes no sense.
As long as the change doesn’t detoggle my toggles and is just adding categorization, then it’s a welcome change.
Ugly maybe. But incredibly more difficult to use, definitely. I really liked stock Android but Material You was all changes for design (which I personally hate, just like you) at the expense of efficiency.
Function over form, especially for something that is hidden behind a swipe. Android 12+ fucked up both.