"I also think its existence put less pressure on WP to fix bugs." IMO this is not a good reason to deny users an escape hatch to make fixing problems at least

"I also think its existence put less pressure on WP to fix bugs." IMO this is not a good reason to deny users an escape hatch to make fixing problems at least possible. To be fair it depends on what kind of users you care about - if you're building a tool for professionals, I think this should be considered table stakes.