Flew them at the weekend for the first time in a year or so, and glad it's not just me, yes what a piece of nonsense this is now... 2 people in same booking sat at opposite ends of aircraft in middle seats, even though the check in sequence numbers were so low that with the exception of reserved seats the seat map should have still been wide open.
OLCI only available 4 days before travel if you don't have seats reserved too, but 30 days before if you do. Definite downgrade in service there.