Personally, I prefer command-line tools over GUIs in many cases. Also, JSON doesn't help me at all if I'm working with other userland tools that expect somethi

Personally, I prefer command-line tools over GUIs in many cases. Also, JSON doesn't help me at all if I'm working with other userland tools that expect something else. Piping is very important for CLI tools, so you have to talk the same language as the rest of the userland population.