Others have posted about it. But personally I prefer it how it is now. Guess because I use a Pixel phone as well, I'm used to it. As things change with Android, things get moved around and its just something to get used to
I got used to it. Am more bothered about scrolling the apps drawer, I preferred it the old way. I know there is a way to scroll the apps drawer horizontally, but you can't have them in alphabetical order anymore, so I have to accept it like this and hope for an update thst will bring it back to the old style. It's on Google though.