Well, to be fair, Electrum doesn't generate BIP39 seed.
Yeah. Guess, I can look more into the specs of a BIP39 seed. Curious why they don't support it. Perhaps they have propriety features like BitPay used to have back in the day.
If you want to change that feature, you can try to convince the main developers by following the replies in the link in my first reply.
Nah. I ain't gonna argue with the dev team. I'm sure they have a philosophy behind their approach and, as you're aware, everyone looks at Bitcoin differently. I'll just keep my mind open on whether or not to continue using them or find another wallet. Although, aside from this, I've mostly liked their wallet. But seems to have changed lately ...