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...easier to use but has only got a fraction of the features.
Features are only useful if you know how to use/access them. Wireshark is a very powerful tool but I would say is basically useless for your average user.
Yes, because sometimes a simpler and easier to use tool will do the job well
Agreed. Especially for one off tools, or something where I am just playing and testing it out, it's really annoying to be told "save session?", like in wireshark or when I tried it, ghidra.