For what its worth i had the same thoughts, but the Judy (its a judy Gold on the Chisel but not advertised as such) wasn’t actually that bad. I was expecting flex city but i could tell little or no difference between it and the Reba fitted to the Expert, only downside of the Judy is the weight which is just shy of 2kg.
What i did upgrade on my 2018 was the Stout crankset along with the BB which was awful and converted the tyres to tubeless, the rear cassette also weighed a ton so i put a XT one on there that i had lying around.
I’m going to give the fork a year or so service before upgrading.
The bike itself rides very well indeed, enjoy!