With a MT, have to have at least one inch of freeplay in the clutch, if you don't, the clutch is not fully disengaging.
Really preferred the manual clutch linkage Honda used, had a tool free thumbwheel, when free play got low, just had to give it a couple of clicks to get that freeplay back again. Even had an arrow on it, when that got low, told you, time to replace your clutch.
Hydraulics like disc caliper brakes are self adjusting without any warning, can have that freeplay one day, gone the next. Can either be air in the system, call this being lucky, or the clutch disc is worn thin, call this being very unlucky.
Really is a first class PITA job to replace these clutch discs, with RWD was a two hour job, with FWD, a weekend, and can't do this by yourself. And doesn't have to be the disc, can also be a leaking slave cylinder, same weekend job.
Just for the convenience of not having to give that thumbwheel a couple of clicks every 10K miles or so, have the "convenience" of a hydraulic self adjusting clutch. But not very convenient when you have problems with it, thanks to idiotic design.