Well, all of these things are configurable basically and can be disabled from the lock screen. Pretty much the same as they were in iOS 9. So nothing new really either.
There is no need for that. You can simply press the home button and wait a millisecond and it will unlock and take you to the home page all in one step and quickly. No need to press twice and wait. However as C DM mentioned there is also a rest finger option if you don't want to actually press the home button down. The new process is not an oversight but a feature to allow to unlock the lock screen to respond to the items there without going into the home screen.
There are a lot of laymen on these forums who look for advice that you or I may think is common knowledge. This website has millions of visitors. As people with a greater level of technical knowledge, it's up to us to be the responsible ones. As for your logic, there will always be people who say "To hell with it" and upgrade regardless of what others say. Those who are cautious and unsure of their technical abilities are the ones likely to speak up about being cautious in the first place. No need to push them. Furthermore, is technical users will always be there to test early as well. No reason to push people off a bridge immediately following launch, potentially ruining their day with a broken device that we can't fix for them and they can't fix themselves until they make it back to a computer and do some research. If you've ever worked in IT, you have to assume some level of responsibility for those you assist. Blanket statements never end well.
You're rubber and I'm glue? What is this, preschool? "Let'a just write the same thing again and it will be such a witty response!" You're an intensely brilliant commenter, I'll give you that. Must have taken you hours to come up with a retort of this caliber. I salute your intellectual prowess and look forward to our future encounters. You are unequivocally a force to be reckoned with. Good day.
