Yes. Because those "tens of thousands" of people have other options available, as has been discussed in this thread.

But for people who have physical terminals, which I know is exceedingly small, there is no other option. Hence why the behaviour still exists.

If time is your only constraint then use a clear screen hot key or write a function and make it a single char, like the following:

    function r {
        printf '\033c'
    }

I'm all for modernising the terminal but in this instance there are already other options that solve your needs better than `reset`.