I really dont think this issue is worth wasting valuable dev time on right now. Most of us dont share your disdain for sidequests. I'm not saying that its not an issue and yes at times it can be an eyesore, but its much simpler to either accept them all and then hide the quests from your log, or just do them and be done with it. Sidequests are a normal part of every game, so its kind of a slap in the face to the devs who work so hard on them to just toss them all into a bin labelled "worthless". They arent. And that chump change you referred to in terms of items and gil adds up! Doing all the sidequests in an area can overtime yield a fairly good amount of gil. . .

I really dont share your sentiments, sorry.