Yes, it’s extremely annoying. It should be optional in the first place. Let’s wait for the WP guys to fix this issue once and for all. I hope WP 4.9 will make it optional, or just completely remove it. This. Is. So. Annoying.!!!
For the meanwhile, you can use this plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-paragraphs-option-to-text-widget/
Or just wait for the future release of WordPress.
And nope. I am not alone. There are a lot of us:
https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-disable-visual-editor-in-the-text-widget/
https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/269719/can-the-new-4-8v-text-widget-visual-editor-be-removed
And more. Oh please, Matt… for the sake of all the people of the universe, just disabled the visual editor in text widgets. T_T
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