App Library is different. App Library is a bunch of algorithmically suggested folders presenting you with what you're most likely to need access to at any given moment. Should you still not find what you need, there's a search function that displays everything you've installed, much like an alphabetized, itemized version of Google's App Drawer, but I haven't needed that yet.
The first thing I did after installing the iOS 14 beta was to delete the home screen icons of every one of my hundreds of apps to winnow the interface down to one single page of services I actually need. From this screen I can also use iOS's universal search to find things in exactly as many taps as I was doing before — without the clutter or the need to hand organize and alphabetize my collection.
Folders be gone — Before, I was organizing apps into little folders based on categories and then alphabetizing those apps so they were easy to find. With iOS 14 I just... don't. And I get the same results.
Now that my apps are out of sight, they are entirely out of mind. I don't find myself compulsively opening Depop and eBay when I'm bored. I don't find myself trying to keep up with every social media feed. Yet I can still use everything I need whenever I actually need it, and the system usually anticipates what that is.
It's a small thing, cleaning up your phone interface. It will not stop the coronavirus. It will not abolish the police. It will not make Bernie Sanders president. But it has given me the control I wanted over my phone and the freedom to stop managing my digital life at the same time. I'm having my tiny cake and eating it too. It's nice.