I actually have no idea why people don't seem to grasp that having a choice doesn't mean you get both options with none of the cost to the gameplay.
I guess I have a similar point of view, though with mixed results. Another example is the fast travel option with e.g. Oblivion and subsequent games: "don't use it, then", being the obvious response, though in my case it did take a mod to disable it to make sure I got out of the habit of "meh, I can't be bothered to do this". Not using it actually gave much better paced gameplay and I enjoyed it more overall even if I didn't always enjoy travelling, and now I've got out of the habit I can use it more sparingly and not pointlessly inconvenience myself.
But I guess like anything, we tend to take the path of least resistance, even if that path isn't the most ideal.
