I wouldn't say "perfect", but to me it's clear that adding plugins could only make it worse, even without considering the security issues.

What I want from Obsidian is something that "just works". Adding third-party plugin would break this immediately since the plugins can either be straight up buggy, create conflicts with each other or simply become incompatible with new Obsidian releases.

And what I've seen from the community, with people having dozens of plugins installed, is giving me nightmares.

I can see why some would feel the appeal of plugins, and adding two or three can be fine, as long as you do your due diligence. Otherwise it's straight shooting you in the foot.

This. I only use official Obsidian plugins. Security + not depending on OSS maintainer are the main reasons.

That’s basically how I’m using it since I got wary about how the community plugins were being vetted. Core plugins and settings cover a lot. There’s one or two things I miss, but not enough to fork and review them myself so it’s clearly not essential.

I'm also switching back to Obsidian after a few-year stint on Anytype, and the Notebook Navigator plugin is the only one I have installed. This is (I assume) a UI-only plugin, which shouldn't need access to external network or processes, so a quite good candidate for sandboxed plugins.