At which point I'd argue that using -exec with an appropriate command is simpler, in the general case, than using one of find(1)'s many, many, many twiddly litt

At which point I'd argue that using -exec with an appropriate command is simpler, in the general case, than using one of find(1)'s many, many, many twiddly little command-line arguments. Granted, -exec spawns a process per file, but processor cycles are cheaper than brain cycles, &c., &c.