If the devs felt it necessary to nerf Anders so much, there must have been something wrong with her as a leader. I don't think that she is really that weak. She still gets the half-price upgrades. That, itself, is quite useful.
People honestly think that they know any better than Robot about how the game mechanics work? Sorry, you only have experience from playing the game. Robot has that experience and more (they made the game!).
The "no/obs" complain because they feel as if something is wrong with a certain aspect of the game. Robot looks into it for some weeks and makes decisions based on their own knowledge of the game.
Anders is getting weaker, but not so much as to be weaker than the other UNSC leaders. She's still viable enough to use after the TU3.
Code of Conduct. Obey it!