Yeah! Nice one. I've been avoiding entities and it's way cleaner and visual to look back at the codes.
But why people don't always use UTF8? Or when it makes sense not using it?
For one, it can be annoying to type with a conventional keyboard and editor: remembering and typing ← or γ is easy (and most entities have mnemonic names).
Why only almost?
You still need entities for reserved characters like & and <