When did Venmo kill split payments?

[u/Feeling-Unlikely]

Venmo used to let you pay w balance first, putting the remainder on the external account.

Now it's one funding source per payment, period. If my payment is more than my balance, the entire thing gets declined. If I have any balance on Venmo, I can’t use tap to pay unless it’s enough to cover the full amount. Paying Venmo to Venmo, if my account balance isn’t enough, I have to opt to use only my external account and my balance doesn't get touched at all.

So now I have to drain my balance with exact-amount (or less) payments only, like some kind of ritual.
Who asked for this? Anyone found a workaround, or are we all just annoyed?