I also dislike view bobbing. I don't think it adds any realism to the game as I do not waddle when I walk in real life.

View shaking would better be used when getting hit or injured or pounced upon, that would add realism.

Adding a cvar or removing it completely is fine with me.

It would be nice if the devs did allow the cvar to work. I know I can turn off bobbing in other quake-based games. I think it is 'cl_viewbob' or 'cl_viewbob_enabled'.