That's a good point, but sadly not how tools like terraform marketing themselves. If terraform markets itself as "we make clean up easier for that 10% of time w

That's a good point, but sadly not how tools like terraform marketing themselves. If terraform markets itself as "we make clean up easier for that 10% of time when you need it, and to achieve that goal, we give you 3 times more headache by asking you to keep states", I am sure many more people wouldn't make the trade-off.