I never said cafe is bad, that is open to interpretation.
My point was that cafe standards are why you cant order just any gear ratio like you used to be able to.
If other company's are doing it, whats the tradeoff?
Going to smaller motors has proven troublesome as there are always unintended consequences like the early raptors drowning themselves if you stomped it after light highway driving in the humid southern states. Dont even get me started on turbo life.
If smaller motors are the answer, why aren't all mfgs going that route? There must be a reason.
Getting back to the gearing, go ahead and change your gears if you want to, but you can bank on the fact that the trans will NEVER stop hunting for gears.
With the 5.3/6.2 and ten speed that came up with a great and capable setup regardless of what gears people might think they want.