Hm I don't really pay attention to this. But again /product will tell me there is more inside while product.html will tell me it is last link in the chain.
https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Dell-Inspiron-13-i5368-10024GRY-Signature-Edition-2-i...00474_02192017
http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-watch/apple-watch-nike/space-gray-aluminum-black-cool-grey-sport-band?preSel.../A&step=detail
How are these any simpler or better without the .html? No one will type them in anyway. I guess it is a matter of personal preference. QT can probably modify the clean urls module to give cart user a choice.
Not to paste in here an url from Amazon - it is about 10000 characters long....