If you have this habit to not using neutral for shorts stop, I think SS works great and it's designed in this way.
But maintaining clutch depressed for a while add wear to clutch mechanism too, it should not be done for long periods. But you will say for longer stops you will put in neutral - no clutch mechanism wear - SS kick in and all is working fine
- This is the designed scenario.
SS is not a bad thing but perhaps it don't fit short commutes like I do most of the time. I make few kilometers, engine is most of the time not in operating temperature and adding stop/start in short trips will result in a lot of starts for few kilometers done. Start Stop unit have to make a compromise with all cars parameters (long list, see manual) including state of charge of battery (constant monitoring of voltage and in/out current). For me, disabling it ensure the battery charge at it best, as electronics has not to choose between charging state and SS operation.
For other trips, longer and with a portion of little or biggest stop (railroad crossing, etc) SS can save a bit of fuel without putting too much stress on other components, as battery has lot of time to charge and starter motor should be capable of lot of cycles (if not, it will be costly - and not good ecologically, not sure fuel saved will cover gray energy to make a new starter and to recycle the old one).
This is a point of view about Start and Stop, related to short commutes. It's not "the truth", feel free to use SS, comment, and argue with what you think
Remember, Regata ES already had a kind of Stop Start, and it was abandoned for about 20 years before the actual "resurrection"... future will say if SS system is really useful.
