> claiming that versioning is easier with 0.x than with major version numbers > 0

I think it's less that versioning is claimed to be easier with 0.x versions, and more that some people have got into their heads that 1.0 signals either "permanently stable" or "no new versions for several years" and they don't want to commit to that yet.

I do wish more crates would 1.0 (and then 2.0, etc).