The removal of the national dex was a good thing. With the national dex gone, the graphics and performance of the games nowadays are better than ever as a direct result. As a matter of the fact, because the dexit has gotten rid of powercreep pokemon, the competitive format has one of the best since its conception in the early 2010s. Gamefreak no longer has to deal with the stress of getting all 1000+ Pokémon into a game and killing competitive Pokémon
Let's be honest, nobody cares about the unpopular, below-500-BST shitmons that got cut who look ugly, it doesn't even matter anyway, you don't mind paying $15.99/year for Pokémon, their Home service and their P2W format, which is the most popular multiplayer format nowadays