"Like, ss without any options shows such arcane, rarely needed details as send/receive queue size but not the application socket belongs to.

And omits listening sockets which is main use for such tools."

IMHO this would be one of the many arguments in favor of compiling from source rather than using "binary packages"^1

https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2...

   (
   printf '/int state_filter = 0;/a\\\n'
   printf 'state_filter = (1 << SS_LISTEN) | (1 << SS_CLOSE);\\\n'
   printf 'show_processes++;\\\n'
   printf 'show_queues = 0;\\\n'
   echo
   echo "s/dhalBet/q&/"
   printf '/switch (ch) {/a\\\n'
   printf "case 'q':show_queues=1;break;\\\n"
   echo
   )|sed -i -f/dev/stdin misc/ss.c

This changes the default to display all sockets, hide the queues and show the processes using each socket

It also adds adds a -q option to display the queues

1. IMHO this is also an argument against "cloud computing", i.e., using someone else's computers where pre-installed kernels and binary packages are the norm