Conversely, would you rather continue using a standard that is "Unanimously Discourage for implementation"?
No, I don't. Don't get me wrong. I believe that using an electrum seed is better than a BIP39 one. But, for the non-code experts, or the people who simply don't look into the code, generating a seed that can only be used by one software may not attract them that much. They will consider this a downside.
What version of Electrum are you using?
4.0.4. Have they changed it since then?