Not even that: merely looking to switch to Inter.

Yeah that’s really frustrating

I guess they’re copying mainstream OSes with this one

Why do they do this?

I’m normally not someone who gets hung up on fonts but this one thing bugs me SO MUCH.

The Inter typeface is very versatile and has many different options and variants, including more distinguishable uppercase i and lowercase L. The article just installed the base version as an example. https://rsms.me/inter/

Generally it renders much better but that’s a turn off for me as well.

Like most modern fonts, it supports a lot of OpenType features, so this can be changed dynamically. Changing some settings by default has already been mentioned in the discussion around the change.

They don’t. They’re thinking of switching to another font.

inter already exists

I believe Noto is a much more robust typeface, with several more language options than Cantarell. Still, I do prefer Inter to both of those.