Traditional characters might look nicer, but are way too complicated. One word can take upwards of 40 strokes. That shit's ridiculous.
You Koreans made an alphabet instead, FFS
Chinese just simplified it a bit to keep something that might be globally accepted, but still keep their heritage.
Koreans went full 'Just Kuck My Shit Up' and adopted an alphabet almost immediately.
So hey man, c'mon.