I think they're somewhat naive in the claim that such are "best left to a window manager or terminal multiplexer", but I guess I'm never likely to win that argument with them. There's a reason why many terminal applications have ended up picking up tabs, and in no small part that's because Windows Managers almost always take a lot of work, or flat out don't even support it. I like and use tmux extensively, but it's never likely to replace tabs for me.