As much as I appreciate your concern over the comic, as a non-reader I don't feel it's appropriate for me to weigh in. The fact is that long-running series often introduce changes that can be unpopular at first but allow the creators to do new and interesting things. Change is good, change is important; as such Archie needs to weigh the concerns of their actual readers against the need to be able to stay fresh and interesting. My preference of the old Sally vs. the new Sally is not really helpful to that decision.