Sounds like a big step in the right direction for having fun, interesting and logical for a world that has advanced with magic as part of it.
The idea that people would sit on their thumbs with access to light magic, illusions, and fire magic and NEVER come up with ways to use it in day to day life is flabbergasting. And the idea of not doing that for reasons of 'verisimilitude' completely negates the concept of the word much like most use of that word in D&D spaces. People acting logically with what resources they have should not 'break' our immersion.