I mostly agree with this. But nobody is "forcing" anything, one can still use Haskell and avoid the e.g. infamous (and non-idiomatic) lens library. But just as

I mostly agree with this. But nobody is "forcing" anything, one can still use Haskell and avoid the e.g. infamous (and non-idiomatic) lens library. But just as you haven't given up on lenses, I also don't agree with the wholesale rejection of ideas based on imperfect implementations, which is what prompted my comment.