I agree, and unless someone has a better reason than the ones I have seen, (saving tiny amount of bytes, less keystrokes, dx) I am convinced it's a bad idea to omit the end tags.
It causes way more trouble than those benefits are worth
It causes way more trouble than those benefits are worth
Omitting the closing tags where possible is less about saving keystrokes than minnimising interruptions to my writing flow.
But I wouldn't advocate it for published documents, just my local scribblings.