I like the batteries included option and would likely use it a lot. But not sure why they simply did not make a "batteries" package you could install on top of core and avoid the inevitable push back they knew they would get from this.
Deno is doing this. I'm not sure if it's good or not tbh. Now I have to worry about std package version on top of deno ver. And if I'm going to install a random package, how am I sure std deno is the best? Maybe I should choose something else. Back to decision fatigue