Oh, I haven't tried the web interface because it doesn't support native SegWit.
Ahhhh that would explain it. Yeah, I can certainly understand in that scenario how annoying it is... and it certainly does seem a bit like a retrograde step. Personally, I'm not sure that the UX "improvement" warranted this change at all. They're simply forcing their methodology onto the existing userbase.
I don't understand why it's not possible to change that behaviour under 'Advanced' tab in the web interface. People who don't want to expose their passphrase and don't know how to install trezorctl now have to wait for a software update of the wallet they use to access their coins safely.
I agree... this seems like it should have been a "beta" feature to give wallets a chance to catch up before being "forced" onto unsuspecting users.
When companies make unilateral decisions like this, it's always current users that "suffer"
It's a bit like the issue with Google Fit at the moment... they had this concept of "move minutes" which worked really well for people participating in activities that don't involve "steps" per se (ie. HIIT, Ellipticals, rowing machines, exercycles etc)... However, Google have now "forced" an update which monitors "steps" as the main measurement of activity!
The Play Store is being bombarded with 1 star reviews from angry users!