I'm another vote for hiding with CMD-H or even CTL+CMD-H. Please. It's not as though the product team is not aware. At this point, it feels like the Illustrator team is having a little fun with us - an inside joke to the team. "Hehe, we STILL haven't provided a shortcut to hide the app but let's make sure they can still hide ALL other apps. Designers are pathetic."
I'm another vote for hiding with CMD-H or even CTL+CMD-H. Please. It's not as though the product team is not aware. At this point, it feels like the Illustrator team is having a little fun with us - an inside joke to the team. "Hehe, we STILL haven't provided a shortcut to hide the app but let's make sure they can still hide ALL other apps. Designers are pathetic."