There a reason (several, really) why things need power switches. Firstly, a power switch allows YOU to choose the order that things get powered on. Imagine if everyone took Behringer's cost cutting measure (there's really no other way to look at it) and failed to provide power switches. Everything comes on at the same time, usually putting a nice pop through your speakers, and a nice sag in the power voltage.
And, in case no-one noticed, there's a movement to try to cut our dependence on fossil fuels and nuclear power. Turning off what doesn't absolutely need to be on all the time saves energy (and you money), and, in the end, you are STILL going to have to switch it off SOMEWHERE... All Behringer are doing is making you pay for a separate switch, rather than, like just about every other make of mixer (including budget ones), including one so YOU have the option what to switch off.
So now, when you look at the price of a Behringer mixer, factor in the cost of a power strip as well...

What's next? Maybe drop volume controls on our arrangers? I mean, we got a fader on our mixers, don't we?
