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It's a window.
It's got stuff in it.
There's nothing that actively assaults the eye, except a few of the App icons, nor is there a lot of pointless clutter.
I can live with it, but I lived with the last version too, even though it suffered from Ebola skeumorphism.
 
Showing up on my Macs. At least they fixed the "You # apps to accept" bug that's been showing up off and on for a year or so! It's not showing up in my MAS app any more...
 
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