Absolute colorimetric intent often appears to be dismissed as undesirable. It's the only sane way for scanning and printing exact copies of old photos. And for

Absolute colorimetric intent often appears to be dismissed as undesirable. It's the only sane way for scanning and printing exact copies of old photos. And for matching two different displays exactly. Clipping off some outlier colors is often more desirable than all the colors being different. If your content is authored to avoid the darkest blacks, and the whitest whites, then the whitepoint of the display or media has no business determining your colors if it's not visible.