I'm pretty sure someone thought

Man it would be nice if horses were faster

I'd say the same is true for terminal emulators.

It would be neat if I could use tabs

Or

I wish there were better ways to render things to the terminal

At the end of the day it's a black box where you can type commands. If thats all you need than you need anything else.

By that logic we would still be using horses since technically we don’t -need- cars.

Most of us would be using our feet and transit (and possibly bikes); both our households and our economies would be better off financially and bodily if car use was restricted to goods hauling and some few other uses (not to mention the environment). Mass motorism has turned out to be mostly a way to enrich the auto industry, not our societies, with North America as a warning to the rest of us. (See !fuckcars@lemmy.world for more.)

There are plenty of times where humanity has chased the latest fad without considering the costs & benefits properly. The amount of energy and hardware being blown away on LLMs are another example; same goes for creepto and NFTs.

That said, having a look around for various applications, including terminals, is generally good. If someone finds something that covers their needs but with lower costs, that's good. And if they find something with a shiny new bell or whistle at exorbitant cost, eh, maybe think twice before choosing it.