I believe it is still better due to raw material availability?
Open them elsewhere is also true for text files I guess.
Compared to this what is the advantage of binary form? I thought log files being text was a no brainer.
Is journald still binary? That alone made me turn away. I am using PCLinuxOS hence am systemd free. Stopped reading up on it.
The best story of beginning with Linux I have heard so far!
In my case it is just for the present session. At least let me play Solitaire while the updates are running. And I always shutdown at the end of my day or end of updates hence uptime is not an issue for me.