This is how I feel, though the price and all-in-one nature of the T8 do incline me to give it a bit of leeway. Roland seemed to get it when they moved from the TB-03 to the TB-3, and I suppose the TB-3 remains their ‘purist’ option, since it hasn’t gone the discontinued way of most other Boutiques (whether it sounds right is a separate question, but at least all the controls were in the right place).
On the one hand I do admire Roland’s refusal to ‘sit still’ regarding their classics, but some of their choices baffle me, and their love of fiddling with the 303 format is one of them. But I do see a lot of great little T8 acid videos popping up on Twitter, which deserves celebrating.