I recognise this might be an unpopular opinion, but it's something I feel strongly about.
The football community should prioritise the experience of the people in the stadium. They represent the roots of the simple game that's now a global phenomenon. Fair enough it's so popular that we now show all the games on TV in ultra-hd super slow-mo with hours of punditry and millions of social media comments, but now the TV audience is controlling the experience of the people who actually go to games and support the club tangibly. It's not necessarily a new thing (kickoff times) but the current VAR format is a step too far. At the end of the day I can only speak (for myself) as a former match-goer now confined to the armchair, but it's in-line with the mood I've picked up from people I know and some posters on here.
Let's be realistic - VAR wouldn't exist if it weren't for neutrals and armchair fans who represent the availability of video replay options. Watching from the comfort of home removes you from the human element of the game, where in the stands you can't really tell if your striker was 1 metre offside let alone 1 centimetre. The officials still get hammered as part of the atmosphere but nobody's 100% sure what is and isn't the correct decision. You get no replays, no slow-mo, just one real-time angle at 100mph. You're more likely to accept how it goes but at least it's all in-the-moment and you can live on the edge of your seat. You still kick off at the ref, but they're probably correct more often than you, and deep down everyone there knows it. That said, I noticed this acceptance deteriorate over the years, but mainly as a result of information being fed to the live crowd from the TV crowd.
I watch on TV as a neutral fan and understand the extra drama VAR brings, sometimes I enjoy the schadenfreude but it's not quality football that's entertaining us. It's more like reality TV show drama. Mostly though I just feel sorry for the fans whose emotions went from 100 to 0 in such an artificial way, much more so than I feel sorry for fans "wronged" by a 1cm offside goal or debatable handball which they only find out about after the game. VAR is new and interesting, both in technological and sporting senses, but that doesn't mean it's right for the game.
Another aspect is blame culture. People who end up on the wrong side of a result (sport or society in general) often look for someone to blame, whether laying it on players, managers, refs, opponents or even other fans. Blaming the officials has always been the easiest route, and often the tactical route for managers. That strong vocal frustration led to a breaking point and we over-corrected with this rushed, shoddy patchwork of assistance. People in general have such a poor grasp of randomness that we didn't see these bad decisions as the drop in the ocean of chance that they actually are. Yeah it could be nice to improve, but rather than bending to the will of the masses (the money) and changing the game under pressure, football should've resisted and waited for a more perfect form of technological assistance (e.g. Goal Line tech) that doesn't leave people in the stadium waiting in the dark.