Yeah, look - I'm not a fan of these things either. But some things are just not for me. Likewise, I'll not be straying from racial bonuses; I'll never touch exploration difficulty or give my characters custom genitals and weird pronouns. I'll also never play a Warlock or Custom Githyanki at all and none of my characters will have purple hair. It's all just not to my taste. And that's fine, I don't have to. Doesn't mean someone else should have trouble with that.
I can imagine that if you only have a a few hours or so a week to play, and you're halfway through after nine weeks - you might want to trade your feat or something. I get it. Can it be abused? Sure. Can it be ignored? Sure. It's not like it's a competitive game or anything; let people enjoy it how they want.
