A brother has them in both homes, U.K. and France. He doesn’t need or use much other heating. He also simmers soups and casseroles on top of them. And manages to get much of the wood for free, often offcuts from timber yards.
Dd and Sil have one. They don’t have it lit all the time, far from it, but it certainly reduces the need for other heating. I’m not sure I’d want the faff of the ashes, but it’s lovely and cosy. We don’t even have a chimney, so not an option for us.
Given the rising cost of other fuels, and potential power cuts because of climate-change storms (recent US weather in particular 🥶) TBH I can’t see them being abandoned, let alone banned, any time soon.