This is the wrong decision, and the community reaction should be highlighting this to Mirantis. I'm genuinely really disappointed as a Lens user and contributor. You can read more and get involved in the feedback at
https://github.com/lensapp/lens/issues/5444 and on the Lens Slack channel,
https://join.slack.com/t/k8slens/shared_invite/zt-1a07hmo00-... or via Twitter.