It seems there has been some pretty serious impact on their user experience from reading around on their forums, and it's quite multifaceted... they revamped their fee rules in a messy way. And look up 'zcash sandblasting attack' for some interesting stuff.
I tested a year ago and syncing was pretty slow. Happy to test again soon. https://twitter.com/lopp/status/1578346214562861059
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My fav part is how the zcash team handwaved away my points by saying that light wallet users were unaffected.
AKA "just accept a weaker security model and it's fine."