So, a few days ago I've started playing CS:GO again and I got to say the update wasn't as bad as expected. I haven't had to deal with cheaters yet (maybe one time, can't tell) and the BR mode was OK.
What rank are you, and BR was okay but not as good as I want it to be. The reason you dont have to deal with hackers is because if you bought the game you now have PRIME mode, which F2P players don't have unless they play a shitload.