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As others said, not lock in. But they certainly make some very questionable UX decisions. I wish there was a good replacement, but there isn't, at least none that I am aware of.
You can make your own dashboard, I think it's called Lovelace or something like that. Then you can pretty much design it how you want
There's always OpenHAB