Well, I'm with
@Brent H on this one. I would NEVER (repeat NEVER) tie the neutrals through a jumper on the outlet. Too easy for someone downstream to get hurt or cause a fire.
If the code on this has changed, I am not aware of it.
I prefer not to use those bridges for the hot wire either. But if someone wants to, I would not scream at them. I would simply say that's not what they are designed to do.
The purpose of the bridges is to allow both outlet sockets to be used on the same pair of wires feeding the outlet. These tabs can be cut so that each of the two outlets can be fed separately (a so called split duplex) in a kitchen where individual loads are too high for a single circuit. They are not there to provide a convenient connection point. But yes, I know people do that and I know that electricians do it too.
I also hate twist on connectors and almost exclusively use brass Marr connectors with screw on insulators.
Yes, this can result in a packed receptacle box, but that's why the sell deep ones and shallow ones. The boxes are actually rated for the number of connections and wires inside them. Again, I think that has been forgotten with the passing of time.
It's been 30 years since I was involved with the code though so maybe things have changed.