charlie.
i see your position on this subject , and you make good points.
anyhoo there is always RB with its 48 traks as an option for users.
(i just wish one could turn off the RB waveform redraws as an option. then turn them on as needed.
i find they hold me up when i'm in my "work fast creative zone" compared to biab with no waveform redraws.)

there is always this tension in various big industry segments ive worked in , between "power users" who want more and more
and people who just want the basics.

thus its very difficult for a software developer in keeping everyone happy.
ive seen every aspect of this "push pull" over the years.
its like a tug of war. its an on-going challenge for any developer.
especially as the darned OS's change.

lets see what the future brings anyway as biab/RB etc evolve.
as i said i can create songs many ways just in biab 2020.

but i think it fair to say that you and i are what i call "diggers" always delving into the depths and finding all the little tricks that might not be obvious at first glance.

for example the first thing i did when i got 2020 months ago was i created a page in a 3 ring binder , with each page headed by instrument RT name. eg harp or bass or synth, drums whatever.
then on each page i have 2 vertical columns , instrument id no, and comments/rating of each RT.
thus when i do a song , and i'm thinking what instruments do i want in this song; my binder with my comments is a handy reference. took me a month to create.
i delved into every one of the biab 2020 thousands of RT's, demoes, sounds,styles etc etc in all bb dirs in the process.

same in industry ive worked in. some people are natural "diggers" like us, and love to find that "golden nugget"
and others arent.

best.
oldmuso.

matt.
maybe its lucky 16 lol.
the only caveat i would suggest in opening things up is i can see someone with a low power computer trying to plug in
on a boatload of midi traks high cpu useage vsti's perhaps
which i think argues once again for some type of early warning overload feature.

my songs....mixed for good earbuds...(fyi..my vocs on all songs..)
https://soundcloud.com/alfsongs
(90 songs created useing bb/rb)
(lots of tips of mine in pg tips forum.)