I use the hover text too for discerning the name/nature of UI elements but when it comes to, say, being able to actually read my Fediverse stream in Ivory, that doesn't help much :)
And sure, i can use the full screen zoom feature, which is great, but then I'm trapped in zoomed box purgatory, constantly swooshing my tiny zoomed space around the larger screen.
It's miserable, and all because they've taken away one of the very features that drew me to Mac/IOS/Apple to begin with :(
Computer Engineering For Big Babies
I love objects that teach and are fun to play with :)