Your first point is closely linked to a theory raised in a past thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20719010 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20719

Your first point is closely linked to a theory raised in a past thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20719010 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20719010). Large, well paying companies tend to require everyone to use spaces, for pretty much exactly the reason you mentioned.