People always mention cost. So let's calculate the cost of charging:
Electricity here in BC is cheap:CAD 0.095/kWh. Let's say waving hand a phone use 20Wh charging and we do that once daily, that's (20*365) /1000 = 7.3kWh a year. so 7.3 * 0.095 amounts to $0.69. So it costs less than a dollar a year if you charge your phone daily - so rounding up crudely, let's say $1, for a year worth of phone charging.
Now with wireless charging if we say it's only 50% efficient (magsafe is a lot better actually, ~75%), we'd still sit at less than $2 for an entire year worth of charging.
So cost wise in the first world, it's not an issue. Energy wise, for a whole population ofcourse it's a bit more but it's many orders of magnitude less than dryer/washers, heating, ovens/stoves, air conditioners, EVs, etc. Phones are really nearly nothing in your home.
Anyway, I've use Qi since my Samsung GS6 and never had problems forgetting to charge and now Magsafe can add some extra juice in half an hour. So the crucial bit of your statement is "To me..." - that's exactly right, it's not good for some but that doesn't mean it's not good for anybody and that's why Apple and others like Samsung are offering it, a lot of people enjoy it.