Everyone knows the lineart needed changing. There is no argument there. If the second stage was traced the others were probably also traced. The issue here is how the remake was done. The eyes are different. The tail is shorter and less fluffy. The colorings are not as soft and shadows are absent. The ears are not sideways like the old one. The textures are off. The hair is gone and the body shape is more akin to a kit fox than a fennec fox. The cheeks are also less rounded like on the old fennec. That is alot of changes for what was just a lineart trace.
Tracing is a serious problem. Don't trivialize it. A lot of artists depend on their art to pay the bills, and yes, photography is a type of art.
Are you really going to say we can't have all that back because the lineart is traced? A simple repose would have cleared us from any problems. But we got a full remake when it wasn't needed. Just because YOU didn't like it before doesn't mean OTHERS didn't like it either.
And just because you don't like it doesn't mean it wasn't necessary.
I'll say it again. Taking a photo of an animal does not make that animal, or its anatomy, property of the photographer. Only the exact contents are protected. I can easily take a picture of the same tiger doing something slightly different. By law, my second photo does not infringe on the first photographer's picture.
Photographs are covered under copyright law. You can't copyright anatomy, you can copyright photographs and the subjects therein.
Lastly, saying we are wasting our time since the changes were already made is just wrong. We all have a voice here. Especially when said artwork is what you spent alot of your time (read money) achieving.
They were saying you're wasting your time because the lines are not going to be changed. No amount of complaining or art-bashing will change that. Not that you're doing either.