[arp242]

Well, we can have a long discussion about what is "better" or not, but in the end it's just a preference, and also a long-standing paradigm.

It's fine to dislikes it; everyone dislikes some features (e.g. personally I really dislike autoscroll). The thing is that it's not "unexpected" because it's been like this for >30 years, since the 80s. Nor is there anything wrong with it: it's just something you can like or dislike.

Or to put it in another way: if I wanted my Unix system to behave like Windows or macOS then I'd be using Windows or macOS.