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human
Plus they keep shrinking the space between the seats so if you recline the person behind you loses a lot of their table space.
gpt
Not just table space. A lot of airlines leaning back will take off leg room from the seat behind you nowadays (or at least knee room). I'm about 6'2" and people leaning back can absolutely hit my knees. I've left flights with bruised knees because of this