Why? The purpose of code is to be readable to humans. At the same time I get your point and also the argument about Git diffs (which also should be readable).

Why? The purpose of code is to be readable to humans. At the same time I get your point and also the argument about Git diffs (which also should be readable). So maybe the ideal situation would be a separation of code and its formatting, so that we have more options than tabs and also no need for crutches like tabs. Like a better, more flexible code formatter that lets you display and edit code in the editor using one style but then saves the file in a standard format that's consistent across the whole project.