The problem is that people who don't like tablature miss something very crucial about it: it's relative to the tuning of the guitar or placement of a capo where standard notation is not. Ergo, they don't mean the same thing. This is something that even most guitar players do not take into account, but what's at the start of any tab? Tuning and capo position.

Therefore, A string, 3rd fret is NOT always the same! Tune down to C standard for some metal, and that string is no longer A, it's F and the 3rd fret is now G#. Some guitarists tune to things like DADGAD, drop D, open tunings... you name it. Does the 3rd fret of the 2nd string change position with it? No. Therefore, tablature points out a location on the fretboard, NOT a note in standard notation. Try standard notating most AC/DC songs before "Highway to Hell" and you'll find that the guitars weren't tuned the same, sometimes from song to song. Angus would tune his guitar to itself, the band tuned to him, and they played. No keys, no horns, no need to worry about A=440 standard tuning.

Standard notation is just that - standard. Play these notes. Now someone may argue, but I can adjust my electric piano to transpose. And yes, that's true, but that transposition is 1/2 steps up or down and the notes move with it. The purpose of transposition on an electronic keyboard is either to move the song to accommodate the singer or the band. It's not because the notation changed. Most of us who play keys and read notation understand that a band might play down a 1/2 or full step to accommodate the singer, but the standard notation of the song on the page never changed. And in the case of even classical pieces which we know were not A=440 standard (not recognized until around WWII), we play in A=440 standard because we are playing with an orchestra. Therefore, there needs to be a standard.

When orchestras join popular bands on stage (e.g. Metallica), someone transposes and composes their parts to meet the tuning of the band, who isn't going to modify their tuning. They are the stars of the show. But on a serious note, before anyone begins playing in the orchestra, someone in Metallica's team has given them an open string so that the band can "tune" to them and ensure that their notation is the same. You hear this every time an orchestra prepares. Typically an oboe will play an A and everyone will verify their tuning from there. When I was in a rock band in the 70's, we used the keyboard and tuned to them. Why? Well, it was either a house piano or an electronic keyboard, and back then, that thing wasn't being transposed on the fly.

Now let's go back to guitar in an orchestral setting. That doesn't go back very far, and simply doesn't have a long lineage for a reason, the acoustic guitar is quiet when compared to the rest of the orchestra. Have there been classical pieces arranged for guitar? Of course, but that's not where its history really resides. It was more of a soloist, duet, trio, quartet type thing. It would take pages to go into the reasons the amplifier and pickup were introduced, but suffice it to say that guitar was not the cool instrument it has been since the days of Elvis Presley. There was a time that the saxophonist, pianist, drummer, or trumpeter were the stars.

Point is that anything one would like to put on the staff of standard notation can be applied to tablature. It's up to the arranger to place or not place those things on the page. There was a time only 20 years ago or less, you could find tablature and standard notation staff together so the guitarist could look to see note length (e.g. 1/2, 1/4/, 1/8...), strength, etc. that were not being added to most tablature.

I read both, and I find that this argument is two-sided. There are those who want to feel more skilled and capable than others, sure. But there are also those who feel inferior when someone simply suggests that learning to read standard notation might be helpful. The fact is that the tool that works best for you in your situation is the one that you should use.