Thanks, Pyure
But, like I said, "somewhat in the camp of ...", namely because nether lava pumping and remote quarry operations can easily become OP, immersion-breaking, or server-crippling if/when abused.
Chunk unloading is a hack. Therefore, chunk loaders are a hack on a hack. Warping is also somewhat of a hack/shortcut that is sort of related to chunk unloading. In the "real world", we don't warp. We have to transport. But, building a huge rail network in MC - while cool and all - is either impractical, server-unfriendly, or buggy (lost carts) due to entities loading before chunks. Many have done it, yes, but mostly in SP worlds or on servers where RC is a core focus.
So, crippling chunkloaders, while hack-ish, is understandable. It's a compromise that I can understand why some agree with and others disagree with. Not an simple topic, chunkloading is.