We should be able to inspect gear and cosmetics. I don't understand the elitism argument, full exotic is just as good as full legendary and it only costs a few gold. If anything it's helpful, so many players out there are running the wrong stats for their builds with no one to guide them and they wonder why they can't kill anything.
There is so much in this game that most players don't even know exists. I played this game super casual early on and I didn't even know legendary accessories existed and wondered what those floating orbs were. I thought they were a gem store skin for a while. I just found out about legendary relics with the soto announcement. If I could've inspected gear I could have found out a long long time ago 🤷♂️.