I do heartily agree with the OP. However, maybe it is a bit too much to ask of the devs to make GW outperform WFC on a technical level. On the other hand, stuff like sorting the list really should be available. Or remembering an action - I cannot recall how many goddamn times I told windows photo service ‘no’.
In other words, if you are going to implement a functionality of some sort, it really should perform on a somewhat decent level. And I see no BETA BETA BETA warning anywhere, so yeah…