Wrangler, being cloudflare’s primary CLI tool, is a microcosm of exactly the problem GP was articulating: it’s focused way more on adding new commands than improving existing ones.
Many products, even supposedly “GA” ones, still lack basic operability via wrangler because instead of finishing building out its capabilities to manage existing services, they prioritized adding rudimentary support for new ones.
Abandoning something, and not making the changes you want to see are entirely different things.
It's not handwaving to complain that shipped features are never completed and a functional CLI for fundamental and critical tasks is never delivered.