I am still waiting for a reply to this post from a Shopify Employee as to why it has been removed, and are they working on putting it back ! 

Well that would be good to get an answer or a clearer picture on what is Shopify's plan in that regard. Not sure if they happen to read posts, or they just staying away from this conversation in purpose?

Hi Laurie, Have you had any luck trying to sort out the Filter by Tag? Cheers Matt

I am like you Laurie, I don't want to have to pay for a monthly fee. That is why I moved to Affinity photo instead of Photoshop.I would be ready for a one off payment, but I agree with you why having to pay for something that is already existing and ...

Would anyone have a method to add tag filtering via coding for Dawn 2.0 ? Step by step? 

I am in the same situation. Bit annoying