The metadata is placed to the right as it should have always been. The languages are in the sidebar and are visible without me remembering that typescript is somewhat dark blue.
Also the new look is more modern and unlike most people here I am not afraid of change.
Hear, hear!
I like the new design too. It overwhelmed me at first (somehow it felt really 'big' to me), and I'm still getting used to it on a visual level, but I appreciate all the new bits of information that I can much more easily access now (mostly in the repo sidebar).
I also appreciate that the new design doesn't actually change that much. Overall, it still feels like... GitHub.
Not every preference is a fear, except I guess the fear that a lot of people will now waste a lot more time learning things that used to be obvious at a glance.
The tables are somehow less dense and less readable at the same time; the added line spacing should have helped with this, but overall it's worse. The controls are needlessly stretched across the entire width of the screen, which these days is most likely wide, so reading and moving your mouse between controls is inherently more laborious (it's also just ugly).