For the record I really hate the term "immersion" in discussions about games..
Not my problem to deal with.
If your argument to a game feature is exclusively and only "it adds immersion" then very likely its an element that will not add anything to the game itself at all, will annoy most players because its wasting their time, and is just a bad idea overall.
Not "my argument" at all, not to mention not a conclusion I agree with even remotely.
The fact that you don't value the importance of a game selling a specific fantasy (maintaining a convicing sense of adventure without breaking the illusion of the fiction being served to the player) seems to be absolutely a limitation on your part.
A game is a game is a game. Game elements have to combine to a good experience overall. Anything that merely clogs the experience has to be optimized away.
Abominable.
