No one ever had a single problem with Wrathful Smite, Thunderous Smite, Staggering Smite, Blinding Smite, Banishing Smite, Branding Smite, ect
But now that Divine Smite is a spell it is blandification and Paladins are being pushed into being spellcasters instead of the smiting class, even though demonstrably, SEVEN smite abilities just got a massive buff and are now such viable options some people are saying they won't use Divine Smite at all.
The general prediction is actually that you will see variety of smite types, rather than simply divine smite. Yet, somehow, this makes everything more bland because Divine Smite now works like literally every other smite ability the paladin has had from the beginning?