Definitely not a sinking ship. It was a sinking ship, that's why it was sold. The new owners have really done wonders but yes there are still bugs and it's taking time to iron everything out. I personally have never seen anything like what you are showing and if it was a very common issue affecting many users it would be on the bugfix tracker for sure: https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/32816633979667--Evernote-bugfix-tracker.
I have a feeling this has something to do with your specific device, perhaps a compatibility issue with your keyboard (that doesn't look like Gboard). It could also be an extension that interfaces with the keyboard such as a password manager. Given that no one else seems to be having this problem I would advise you do some more troubleshooting on your end to isolate the problem.