That's technically correct but, when working with console and text processing stuff emojis and other multi-byte characters complicate the things sometimes.

My native language also requires unicode characters to type correctly, and they create the same problems hence, I also prefer avoiding these characters.

These are my preferences, I cannot (and should not) stop the progress. However for me, simplicity and practicality is much better than fanciness.

I'd not fight over this stuff if I was contributing to a project which embraces these concepts and play along without any fuss or objection but, I won't use these in my own projects.