This is the first thing I noticed in the game... to much clutter and too many lootables. At least, dont have empty containers. If a container contains notning, dont let us interact with it - and have all containers show up when holding down alt.
I would rather have a system with a bit more gold (or gems/jewlery), and no clutter at all.
If the goal is to challenge the party on encumbrance, either reduce the capacity, add weigh to coins, increase weight of usefull consumables, or all of the above.
For me it boils down to what kind of fun I want from this game: Great story, fun encounters and discovering interesting locals and people (and i dont mean discovering a sweetroll a fat trunk). I think BG3 can deliver on all, but I spend more time on everything else - clutter being the biggest sink right now.