Who would prefer to just use the metric system and why?

My thoughts are that it’s simpler, more scientifically in line with modern thinking, and I only need to add or take away zeros.
Unlike the imperial system, where there are 14 sheckles to a groat, 12 thingies to a bigger thingy, and everything was based on parts of the human body and horses when nobody knew how else to measure stuff. I mean 1760 yards to a mile... talk about arbitrary...