Cleaning up the clutter is not a bad idea. New users need it simplified and combining tools is a step in the right direction.
Same goes for all of the extrude commands, straight, tapered, to point, along curve, and with curve or surface as input.
Rebuild is an example of a command that was separate for curves and surfaces, and has now been merged to one. An improvement in my opinion.
One of my “merged tools” wishes is for loft, sweep1, sweep2 and networksrf. You can see the proposal here:
This isn’t necessarily meant as a replacement, but more an efficiency tool for form-finding and for newer users.