This has been discussed at great length. It’s vitally useful for some and others never employ it. Fredo correctly pointed out that the rotate handles graphic scaling could be improved. There a a lot of opinions on both sides already expressed in this thread link below.
A feature request for a switch or off option has already been logged. The modifier key options are already pretty full for the move tool so the switch might be better placed as a global preference switch. The feature is indispensable to my work so please don’t remove it.