MindManager on MacOS - Why so bad?

I've been using MindManager for 20+ years.

Every time I attempt to use it for something creative, it seems to have gotten worse.
Seriously, what are you guys thinking? Have you read ANY OF THE ORIGINAL BOOKS on Mind Mapping? Or ever drawn an actual Mind Map by hand? Or watched any Tony Buzan videos?

Anyway - by default - all of the subtopics are absolutely bunched up:



If I try to space them out, I can change the vertical distance between them, but not the distance from the central topic. I don't have a way of adding a branch and having it not be bunched up.

With the central topic selected, if I change the subtopic distance to say 20mm - what should happen is they are spaced out - but nothing happens. Why the lack of basic quality control for the most fundamental functions?



See - if I set it to 20mm - nothing happens:



So if I want to create more space on the screen to think (MindMapping 101), my only option is to drag these around. Balance map doesn't maintain space any more. This is a complete deal breaker for me. The only way I can get topics to be not-bunched up is the manually drag them. Then if I click balance map, they all get squeezed together.

Why is MindManager from over a decade ago SO MUCH BETTER for the most basic aspects:

https://youtu.be/sj2p17q6x8E?feature=shared&t=51

Here - it shows how you can easily create a mind map with a spacious layout - and then click balance map to maintain a sense of space.

I'm using the latest version on MacOS. Now that you've switched to subscription only - at the very least you could uphold basic quality control in your app. It seems like something else entirely is going on.

Literally, there have been various times I've set out to map something creative (a deeply ingrained habit) and there is no flow at all with what you've turned MM into. This is such a shame because for years, MM was one of my favourite pieces of software of all. I would spent hours zoning out thinking creatively in flow states and mapping my thoughts.

Do you have any intentions to fix MindManager so it works as well as it used to? Can I expect to use it and feel a sense of space? Or what options are there for refunds?