Yeah I get that it’s bad to just say “they are being lazy” but this kind of thinking is just lazy.

Like sure you can just work the line, but if you don’t understand any of the theory behind your work product or how to accomplish your same work product despite different tooling, you are just making yourself less competitive and more exploitable. Most other professionals know how to cut their project down to the minimum viable product, there’s nothing special about working with graphics.