My current two cats (litter sisters) are house cats and have been since kittens. When I first got them I was living in an urban area with a very busy main road and a known FIV problem among the local strays so I made the decision to keep them in.
It IS more work, both in litter tray cleaning (but at least I know they aren't shitting in someone else's garden) and in making sure they're active and stimulated. TBH I would never keep a single cat as a house cat unless it was an elderly cat from a shelter who specifically needed a single indoor home. My two enjoyed playing with each other as kittens, although they're a bit more aloof now at the age of ten. They have various 'structural' toys to climb on/into and their absolute favourites - a shoelace and a rolled-up bit of tin foil.
When we moved to this house we started letting them out into the garden when we are out there, but no further. One of them is happy enough to lie in a sunbeam when we're outside but shows no interest in hunting, the other is scared of the big outdoors and tends to hover by the door obviously trying to tell us all to come back in where it's safe! Neither of them have shown any tendency to escape through doors - unless it's the door to the bedroom - or gaze wistfully out of the window / yowl to be out etc. If they had, I would have changed the set-up to allow more frequent outside access.
I do think some posters on here have a very black and white view. I see cats chucked out every day hail, rain or shine when their owner goes out to work who then spend virtually the whole day - or significant enough chunks of it that they're in the same spot every time I pass those houses - huddled on the doorstep or pressed up against the window obviously longing to be back inside. They don't look particularly happy for being outdoor cats. It's whatever suits individual cat and individual owner.
And as for wanting a fluffy Furby or whatever the insult was, get over yourself. If none of the people who had house cats were willing or, even worse, "allowed" to have those cats, there would be hundreds - if not thousands - more unwanted cats in rescue or being PTS than there are already. So long as the owner is prepared to recognise their responsibilities to give the cat sufficient stimulation, it can be a perfectly viable and satisfactory way for a cat to live.
So OP, I don't think YABU per se but I wouldn't do it with a solo cat and I wouldn't do it for the hunting reason. It has to be about what's best for the cat in your individual circumstance, not what's best for you.