In reply to Mike Larkin.
Respectfully Mike, shaving a few KB doesn’t matter. Most cell connections are approaching wired broadband speed.

Elementor is barely 3 years old. Many developers want a modern editor built into wordpress core so that it can be properly customized and controlled.

I want all the features… but I also want to be able to hide and control them before turning a site over to a client. There is a better chance this will happen if a proper builder is integrated into core rather than relying on 3rd party solutions.

WordPress needs a unified editing experience and it looks like that is the intention here… We’ll see where it goes