I'd argue that if we eliminate all features that not everyone will use, we'd have a bare bone tool that's barely useful, except to those who just like it so muc

I'd argue that if we eliminate all features that not everyone will use, we'd have a bare bone tool that's barely useful, except to those who just like it so much that they'll implement all the features they need via scripts. Since it's not something that turns itself on, eating your RAM behind your back, or slowing the computer silently, I'd say let the feature creep in as long as the maintainers are happy to maintain it.