[LeafyGreenbriar]

There is a big difference between allowing devs to do "whatever the fuck they want" and the degree of standardization you are talking about. Every team I've worked on has adopted tools and coding standards that everyone has agreed to follow (and been held accountable for following), but coders were allowed to tweak their machines and editor settings to their liking.

Unless you don't trust the basic competence of your team (in which case, it is probably time to find a new team), I don't see the need for that degree of uniformity.