I mostly agree with you - I hate when my :) it turned into an emoji, or I get smart quotes because the editor has a _different_ code point in there than what I

I mostly agree with you - I hate when my :) it turned into an emoji, or I get smart quotes because the editor has a _different_ code point in there than what I typed. But I do love ligatures because that's just a representation on the screen that makes it easier for me to read. It doesn't change the underlying data, so I'm ok with it.