I am okay with folks playing however they choose. Devs, they don't feel the same. They have repeatedly shown as much.
Claws, Super Strength, and others are going to get the same treatment as other sets have. It is framed as an effort to address overperforming and less desirable powers.
I would actually have left existing sets alone, allowing only minor adjustments and Qol.
Not everyone agrees with that approach.
It is my opinion that we don't need to make everything same-same, we don't have to race to average everything out. We don't need to make existing powersets unrecognizable, we don't have to force respecs and/or shelving of characters. We can still have room for improvement where needed. We just don't need to jerk existing players around to do it.
There are so many great things that have been added I don't understand the penchant for griefing our own. As you said "I guarantee that'd piss a few people off so there's no real solution without heartache somewhere".