And one other thing, which is a bit unrelated, but I don't get people that say that the game doesn't feel like dnd. Yes, the game has some big deviations from the ruleset, but it's still 5e at its core. Look at it this way, what if you played a game of basketball with someone but they said that in their court the basket is half a meter higher and the 3 steps rule is changed to 4 steps. Are you really going the say that if you would play that you would feel like you are playing a different sport?
The changes they've made to the mechanics of 5e are, going by basketball as the example, more in the line of playing with a basket the size of a hula hoop, and the rule that whenever you hold the ball you're not just allowed to take more steps but nobody on the opposing team is allowed to move at all.
Nobody cares about whether or not they follow 5e to the minutia or not. People care about the changes they've made from 5e because they're making the game worse and less fun.