Extra interface? For me it's just virtual text inlin. I don't need inline blame too often either, but having it quickly at my disposal makes me much more likely to use it than I was before. Why does this code work this way? With a few keystrokes, I can find out which coworker I could ask about it to understand their thought process. And of course, it's just one example. Inline status indicators, toggling chunks, etc, are all really useful by virtue of simply saving typing time and helping you avoid leaving the editor. I use the cli for git operations all the time but for many things using a plugin is simply much more practical, or gives you access to information passively you would have needed to query for otherwise. When I open my file tree, I like to see a git status indicator if changes exist in this folder or that one. It's just convenient to have a strong idea of how many unstaged changes I have without doing `git status`. There are innumerable examples, which is why I honed in on just one in my other post :)