Honestly give it a rest about the seating layout. There are literally a few less seats, and what it does enable is better use of the space during peak times, when inevitably more passengers should use the service due to increased reliability. During day there will be more than enough seats. No bias, a customer consultation provided this solution.
Just an opinion and besides it's probably be one of things that will get mentioned when they do come into service.
To be fair from my observations people still stand even when there are seats available because some people don't like sitting next to strangers but it will be interesting how it plays out