PS CC 2022 does not allow me to save PSD files any more, tells me to use psb even for small files

Hi there

I recently upgraded to Photoshop CC 2022 and aside from having become much slower I found a nasty error that really annoys me. When I open old PSD files and try to save them with minimal changes Photoshop tells me that these files are exceeding the 2 GB limit for PSD files and forces me to save the file in the PSB format.

Apart from the fact that I have old PSD files that are way larger than 2 GB one other thing really annoys me. I receive the error message every time. Even when the PSD file is less than 1 MB in size. It seems as if Photoshop wants to force me to convert all my stuff into the new format (which is not downward compatible).

Has anyone else experienced this and is there a solution out there? Currently I am thinking of downgrading to Photoshop CC 2021 again. But on the other hand I don't want that because I paid to always have the latest edition of this software. Any help would be appreciated.

KR

Oliver