The problem is browsing files, for me. I can't use fzf, nerdtree, nnn.vim, whatever. I much prefer sshfs and treating the remote file system like a local one.
But I'm not really familiar with netrw other than just:
:e scp://host/path/file
But I'm not really familiar with netrw other than just:
:e scp://host/path/file
On vanilla vim if you :e scp://host// you should get the built in netrw browser working over scp.