I'm confused about why this feature continues to ship enabled by default. AFAICT the de facto standard is to have users opt-in to menu bar icons unless the app

I'm confused about why this feature continues to ship enabled by default. AFAICT the de facto standard is to have users opt-in to menu bar icons unless the app is only a helper or intended to be used solely from the menu bar - at the very least, remembering whether it was enabled/disabled in flags between builds/updates would be acceptable, IMO.