I think the many qualifications in OP's question make it clear that the intention was not to be arrogant, but simply to ask a question and maybe learn something

I think the many qualifications in OP's question make it clear that the intention was not to be arrogant, but simply to ask a question and maybe learn something about photography. I had the same question, not because I'm looking down on people who do this but because I genuinely don't know very much about the photography world and think that it might be possible that there are some unknown advantages to one method over the other.