Sure I guess it's good that people are substituting meat with plant based meats but how long until purely vegan cuisine becomes the norm? Fuck the impossible burgers, I want everyone to try chana masala, vegan food shouldn't be imitations of meat, that shit should be for the meateaters.
It's just a useful food shape. Cows meat isn't patty-shaped, pig meat isn't sausage-shaped. The meat gets shaped like that because those shapes are convenient to cook and eat in a bun.
I don't really see a good argument for why you shouldn't do that with beans. It doesn't mean you don't eat beans and rice when you have more time to prepare food, but even if you don't who fucking cares?