I think having a JSON manipulator like jq be standard would be good, since it would encourage other tools to include JSON as an output format. I think it would

I think having a JSON manipulator like jq be standard would be good, since it would encourage other tools to include JSON as an output format. I think it would reduce complexity as a whole, since tools would no longer need a lot of switches to configure their output, without making the user resort to sed scripts.