The comment puts the slow pace of change as an advantage. Pretty standard security principle.
Ssh integration brings lots of other "local" iterm features based on command history, etc. to the ssh environment. If you do lots of ssh work and use a lot of relevant iterm features then it's nice. Otherwise not.
Obviously, these features can be recreated with traditional tools. But these tools take time and experience to setup, and aren't naturally intuitive, despite the insistence of emacs elitists. For those who don't want to invest significant effort learning tmux, it's really nice to just check/uncheck a few boxes.
Ssh integration brings lots of other "local" iterm features based on command history, etc. to the ssh environment. If you do lots of ssh work and use a lot of relevant iterm features then it's nice. Otherwise not.
Obviously, these features can be recreated with traditional tools. But these tools take time and experience to setup, and aren't naturally intuitive, despite the insistence of emacs elitists. For those who don't want to invest significant effort learning tmux, it's really nice to just check/uncheck a few boxes.