Good lord, an interesting article about a subject I've never seen before and the most up-voted comment is a petty whine about using 'leverage' instead of 'use'?

Good lord, an interesting article about a subject I've never seen before and the most up-voted comment is a petty whine about using 'leverage' instead of 'use'? And in fact, in this case, were I to eliminate jargon in this case I wouldn't replace 'leverage' with 'use' anyway. I'd say 'make use of' to suggest a thin layer of indirection not implied with the word 'use.'