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Naturally you'd think that, but given your lack of arguments to support it, it's quite clear that you're thinking like that out of personal bias to wanting it, rather than having considered the bigger picture.

What do you base this claim on? I very much doubt you have a big enough sample size to believe that it'd pass without question, so yeah, not going to believe you.

Besides, even if you were right, game integrity is something that ignores popularity when considered. When adding something like this to the game, first you should consider whether it's good for the game, and only then how wanted it is. As explained, it'd clutter the options menu to be even worse, and some players' buying decision on the pets was influenced by the fact that they knew everyone would see them. Intolerance isn't really good enough of a reason to change that IMO.

Examples would be appreciated, although mind you that toggles that actually affect gameplay aren't the same as toggles that are "cosmetic" (visual), the latter being the toggle you're after here.

If we started adding everything people want under the premise that "well you can just toggle it", things would get ridiculous very quickly; someone could request a toggle to display dyes because they don't like rich people showing their wealth, another to toggle displaying all other players because they want to live inside their bubble alone, third to toggle helmets because they don't like how everyone looks the same wearing slayer helm (that one is for OSRS but just to demonstrate the point). Before we know it, the options menu would become even bigger of a maze, trying to find the one option you want in a sea of toggles and other unnecessary options.

Toggles should only be done when truly necessary, but as explained earlier, if you don't like being in the company of pets, you can hop worlds, or switch location if what you're doing isn't restricted to just one area, thereby negating the need of a toggle, saving the space for toggles that are actually important to have.

Intolerance and disagreement are two different things; if I disagree with you and want your opinion censored/changed by force, that's intolerance. On the other hand, if I disagree with you and leave it at that, I'm still tolerating your opinion, even though I disagree with it.