I don't care how long it takes as long as when it happens, they make it so phantoms only spawn in the end (I know it won't happen please don't squash my dreams)
I know phantoms suck, but making them a natural spawning end mob would be much worse, imo, not better. At least now they only exist if the player forgets/chooses not to sleep.
I'd much rather have to worry about whether I've slept/reset spawn recently on the rare occasion that I go to the end than for it to always be on my mind when doing stuff in the overworld. Just personal preference.
When I first started playing Minecraft, I didn't even know what the bed did. Every time I died, I came back at spawn. By the time I learned about beds, I was used to playing that way, which gave dying more consequence. Phantoms broke that play style so that's why I'm sad. I guess I could just make my bed always obstructed.