I have the exact same question, I don't get it. A reasonably recent ESD soldering iron like a Hakko or a Metcal has never (outside of stupidly small pitched chi

I have the exact same question, I don't get it. A reasonably recent ESD soldering iron like a Hakko or a Metcal has never (outside of stupidly small pitched chips) caused me to think "this sucks, I need something better...if only it was webscale."