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A terminal is a terminal. If there is a feature you don't know you need then you don't need it. Run with whatever you have
That makes no sense. By that logic we would still be using horses since technically we don't -need- cars. There are of course thing "you don't know about" but would totally use if you were introduced to them.
I'm pretty sure someone thought
I'd say the same is true for terminal emulators.
Or
At the end of the day it's a black box where you can type commands. If thats all you need than you need anything else.
Agreed. I feel like this is a prime case for the Fisherman's Parable.