A filter is an added level of processing and complexity. Why take data being used in the app, convert it into a human readable format, just to have it parsed wi

A filter is an added level of processing and complexity. Why take data being used in the app, convert it into a human readable format, just to have it parsed with regex and made readable by another program? Now, which is going to be more convenient: Rewrite a regular expression or grab a different data node? Personally I would rather have the data format change than have rebuild a complex parser.