So far every comment I've seen from people that don't like new max sim bar can be summed up like this.
"I didn't pay attention to what was happening so clearly the devs are trying to punish me. I shouldn't have to pay attention to anything."
I mean play the game how you want, but don't blame the devs because you're too lazy to pay attention.
If you weren't doing one sim at a time before, you still have to move the slider. Personally I sim character shards so I'm quite happy with the update.
With all that being said, the technology to remember where you last set the bar is already there. It's currently in use. Maybe next update you can have it remember that even after the game closes and then this argument can disappear
