My first (and Current) experience with Sonoma--which was the default install on my 2023 M2 Studio--directly parallels
AZhappyjack's
This subjective impression is not intended to deprecate any others' subjective impression.
If I may be so bold, such feedback is in response to an inflammatory assertion (e.g., Teh Thesis (i.e., "Sonoma- The worst OS in human history?")).
Th OP served acerbic content, based-upon hear-say (without, it seems, direct experience). For that matter, the OP did not posit their Thesis with any specifics.
If I were to claim that "The Sky is Red", it would be my fervent hope that we not publicly devolve into the unruly specifics of whether my cones were developed with insufficiently-transcribed genetics (or--*gasp*--that said cones are entirely specific to only *my* eyes!)
If the Sky is--to all intents-and-purposes--Blue, it's entirely up to me to support my alternative Thesis