His earlier comments about what he would changed in D2 if he could go back in time are linked here. This includes his tweets and a twitch video.
To see the tweet and twitch video you can go here to see how he would change D2/D2:LoD if he could.
The tweet is at:
https://twitter.com/davidbrevik/status/743478825065947137)
The twitch video is
For the recent youtube video after D2r was announced, start listening around the 1 hour 33.5 minute mark
I talked with the creator of Diablo 2! - David Brevik AMA - YouTube
Here is a tweet from David Brevik on Feb 20,2021 right after the Blizzcon D2R announcement.
David Brevik on Twitter: “They could add modern things like: Instanced loot, auto-gold-pick-up, remove the stamina bar, all sorts of stuff. It looks like they are not making many changes, but I didn’t believe it would be exactly the same game and it isn’t.” / Twitter