I think the strong objections (I don't think I'd go so far as to say bullying though) are probably because there has already been a lot of feedback prior to this update that most everyone doesn't like the width of the bottom bar, it takes up too much space reducing the reading area; and most everyone also does not want to see a title on top of every page for the same reason.
Kobo clearly ignored the input and went ahead and took away even more reading space by forcing the title to show on every page.
And I can't blame them, I also hate losing more reading space and having no way to turn off the space-wasters.
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