[kazinator]

> If you use spaces, that freedom is lost.

The lost freedom can be found again: hack an open source editor to render leading spaces as elements that have a configurable width.

Nobody who calls themselves a programmer should be whining about this, really.

[dkersten]

This only works in some editors while tab width works in almost every text editor ever. Also, when the visually impaired people from the post complain that it really is a problem for them, that’s hardly whining — that’s you ignoring their (very valid, IMHO) struggles and concerns.