I'm happy with the current system.

I use my anima sparingly, often running to make local leve deliveries and only teleporting to the more difficult locations. When partying with my LS we usually take turns teleporting.

Anima and teleports are just a time saver mechanism so that people can spend less time on transportation, and more time on fun things like battles and crafting. Chocobos sound like a nice addition, but I don't think they should take away the current anima and teleport system.

I figure budgeting anima is like budgeting your finances. If someone has bad spending habits and they get more money, they just spend more money and are still struggling at the end of the day.

One could also try to do the equivalent of "living off the grid" by just running everywhere if they feel that anima and teleporting are fundamentally bad. It's a free world. ^^