The shift has some people scared, but I believe the change is very much needed. We can't seem to ignore the energy costs behind all the mining that we are doing and if crypto is to take over, we need to find a more efficient way to scale.
The upgrades to the Ethereum blockchain are long overdue, I think that was the silver lining of the cryptokitties. It showed us, the overly enthused that it was not the time to go mainstream, so this is extra great news to me... steps in the right direction.
Change is scary but it has to happen we already know what happens when nothing changes it curls up and dies lol