I’ve also been guilty of insisting on this, even when, as you point out, most tooling doesn’t strictly follow it anyway. I think it’s an overreaction from being irritated at seeing app after app fall to “now including AI,” or just pivoting for new features because it wasn’t making money fast enough.
FWIW, I’ve been using *nix for about 25 years, and had zero problems adapting to ripgrep. You kept -i and -v, which honestly covers 90% of common usage.
Sorry for the late reply. I just wanted to say that I don't think AI has anything to do with this. I've been seeing this sort of complaining, goal post shifting and confusing means with ends for probably decades now. I mean, AI was around then too, but not like it is today, which is what I assume you meant. Even when I release ripgrep ~9 years ago, AI wasn't what it was today, and I saw the same sort of complaints.
I don't usually like doing this, but if I had to step out of my wheelhouse and guesstimate, I think it's probably just some form of nostalgia reasoning. People remember the "simpler" times and just want to have it again. But of course, the "simpler" times are less a reflection of reality and more a reflection of your perception of the world. IMO anyway. (I have the same sort of inclination, but I try to recognize it for what it is: personal bias. Others seem unable to do this and mistake this personal bias for objective reality.)
FWIW, I’ve been using *nix for about 25 years, and had zero problems adapting to ripgrep. You kept -i and -v, which honestly covers 90% of common usage.