My point was that the debate is between "indentation alone is sufficient" and "braces plus indentation is better than just indentation". Nobody advocates for "

My point was that the debate is between "indentation alone is sufficient" and "braces plus indentation is better than just indentation". Nobody advocates for "braces are better without indentation". This surely implies that (practically) everyone agrees indentation is carrying most of the weight of visual indication of structure. Of course "everyone" might be wrong - but that's a fairly tricky corner to defend.