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It's unfortunate that they seem to want to make the cantrips less unique rather than more. All the interesting little wrinkles like Chill Touch's interaction with undead, Poison Spray's Con save, or Shocking Grasp's interaction with metal armour were reasons to use these spells over just using the highest damage dice cantrips all the time.
Shillelagh finally got its well needed buff though
I just posted that I love all the cantrip changes, but I change my mind. You're totally right. I like those little, unique effects.