25B News Feed layout enforced - Ways to customize?

Summary:

With 25B, the old Panel & Banner layout has been deprecated, being replaced with the News Feed Layout. I understand this cannot be reverted; however, I would like to know if there are ways to customize the appearance.

Current Situation:

The Home Page currently defaults to the "Workspace" tab, which is a feature our users don't leverage. This means they need to do extra clicks to jump to the modules they actually use (Leads, Accounts, Opps); not to mention, they may not know those are filed under the "Others" tab.

Goal:

Change the default to the "Others" tab, so users immediately see the icons for Leads, Accounts, Opps, etc.