Recent updates to the game, what do you think?

As far as the two people that still read these forums, what do you think of the recent updates to Minecraft?

New blocks, hacks disabled, smoother framerate (or so they claim), and most notably, survivalmode's overhaul and free alpha.

My take on it all is that I find myself disliking the game now. I never did care for survival, and though creative didnt change -that- much, removing hacks basically means that it's harder to effectively build or explore.

Is unob gonna be updated? (or has it already, haven't been able to check the last few days)

Also, happy halloween in 33 minutes, for me at least.