BF6 hates hardcore why?

I want to play BF the way I always played: conquest. Preferably hardcore as I enjoyed the extra details on realism. I used to go to find servers because that's the only way to play hardcore conquest? But now they moved it and every time I have to search through endless buttons in the menu. Seems like EA really wants us to play everything except hardcore conquest because I see all sorts of other game modes. Eventually found it here: Portal --> Arrow right (it doesn't show up in the first row of buttons) --> Server Browser.
There are hardly any active servers with players! What's up with the hardcore conquest hate?