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>>nullch+(OP)
To all the people complaining about how they don't like ligatures:

Nobody cares. If you don't like them, then don't use them. They are optional.

Lots of people like them. Let people like things.

>>amake+Qv1
Ligatures make code harder to read and harder to edit. It's not just personal preference, it's the science of usability. When I press backspace or cursor keys, I expect one glyph to be erased, not who-knows-how-many (half?!).

Authors of content and programs with ligatures-by-default subject their readers and users to the penalty of ligatures.

Some people like pain, but that doesn't mean we need pain switches on everything with pain set to on by default.

>>cosmot+2R1
> It's not just personal preference, it's the science of usability

It's obviously personal preference, because many people prefer it. If I found ligatures harder to read or edit then I wouldn't use them, but I don't, so I do.

> programs with ligatures-by-default

Such as?

>>amake+BW1
Preferring it is personal preference. It being good or better is science. People prefer dark theme even though it's objectively harder to read because of the reduced contrast ratio, among other reasons.

>>cosmot+e52
Highly convenient that your preference is “science” whereas other people’s preference is just a preference. I’m not a ligatures fan myself but it seems completely arbitrary and don’t see at all how it’s scientific. You could convince me otherwise by posting some references to this science.

>>seanhu+2c2
My preference is easier to read and edit. Readability and editability come with consistency, and that's science. Ligatures break the consistency.