- they are the best source for food, gear, iron, xp, enchantments, and a lot more, idk.
- they are repetitive and unengaging to work with.
- they are literal fucking humans. they are the human mob. they are the person character.
in effect, they heavily reward straight up slave trafficking and extremely boring play as the best way to get almost all vital progression resources. genuinely inexcusable game design from mojang.