I was forced to switch from a very good 2015 road bike (SRAM Force mechanical, rim brakes) to a very good 2023 bike (Rival AXS, disk brakes).
Many will shout at me, but I feel like…

I have just swapped a technically very good bike for another technically very good bike, with the penalties of 15% increase in bike weight and 65% increase of price (say half of it coming from inflation). Better braking performance in wet or mud conditions is useless since, like many others, I am not a "pro" and I carefully avoid riding in such conditions.