So I didn't want to hook this one to the original chost, because people are entitled to their opinion and all that1, but just because you don't see a need for something and don't understand why it's there - even just want it removed because it 'bothers' you - doesn't mean that other people don't use it or even need it.
This is the exact same thing we keep running into with accessibility options.
"hur dur why would you put something like that in, I'll never use it?"
Because the world does not fucking revolve around you, asshole, there are other people in it as well.
1: I guess, even if they're myopic and wrong