I think the biggest problem with the new afk system is so much only SLOWS how long it takes you to get birds instead of reversing it, while the too few options that do reverse it don't reverse it very quickly.

You're playing the game but instead of being rewarded or just left alone, you're being Punished for not doing it the "right way" and at the right pace. There's more than the one viable way to play the game, certainly a lot more than the one way bhvr is constantly trying to herd their player into playing.

Worse yet the system would actually be fine if it just wasn't so strict with the timing and stingy about what counts as "Productive" in their eyes.