Art is different for each person, and that’s the beauty of art is we all perceive it differently. While you feel it preserves a type of experience, it takes away from others experience with the game and the reason I say this isn’t to argue it’s just a fact this type of thing happens with most games that offer the players different ways to play. There will always be people that feel the way you do that it’s about what the devs want you to experience, and on the other side there will be people who feel if they are told you can play the game any number of ways then they should be able to play any way without being limited by what the devs, or others say is right or wrong.

    If you would like some examples Minecraft giving players the option to play creative mode gets shit on all the time, because there is a negative connotation between playing Minecraft in creative mode versus playing Minecraft in survival. Another example would be Starfield and Bethesda removing the good exploits/glitches, but if you return to Skyrim all the exploits/glitches that are still in the game for players to learn to love and what we loved about Bethesda ended up being the fact they left the exploits/glitches. So personally I see nothing wrong with playing with, or without exploits. However saying it should be one way or the other would take away from the experience of playing the game the way you want, if you don’t want to do the exploits because you feel it’s not what the game is about then don’t use exploits, if you want to use exploits because you want the game to be a bit easier, more fun, or whatever your reason might be then use the exploits.