I think it’s just a matter of filing an Issue requesting to restore the dropped functionality.
My feeling is that since these are examples there is no clear definition of what’s important and that’s why this kind of events happen at times and perfectly working previous functionality disappears.
Bottom line: if you see something else that is missing in this new incarnation of the script please file an Issue showing how it worked before so that it can either be restored or a new way be found to accomplish the same.