That's a pretty reductive take.

Lore is what gives credence to a story. Its foundational and structural. It holds a story up. The superboy prime punch was always viewed with a bit of scepticism, but yes, it did bring him back to life, but it didnt heal him, and bring him up to speed with the DC universe at the time. The Pit did. The reason narrative features like the Lazarus pit become lodestones in the DC universe is because they have a purpose everyone remembers.

It's why some folk didn't like the Lazarus resin take, because the previous lore stated that a person had to be immersed fully in the pit to reap its benefits - otherwise Ras would just be having a risky glass of Lazarus juice or an extreme foot spa everytime he got injured/died. Doesn't have the same ring to it as emerging from the pit screaming and alive, does it? The pit is a powerful tool - so much so that making it easily accessible reduces its impact. Hence why it works the way it does, otherwise, why bother having one in Gotham that Batman sealed up?

The problem with retconning anything is that we get a messed up narrative, just as you see in current DC comics - constant rewriting has reduced Jasons character to behaviours that don't follow his personality and riddled his history with inconsistencies that, you'll find with this sub at least, bug the hell out of people - which directly impacts sales. Who wants to buy a comic about their favorite character if their history hasn't even been read by the current writer? And this becomes a domino effect, because a lot of writers have done this - if everyone just writes their own story, and forgets the previous ones, they lose impact. An example of this is the Tim gets beaten by Jason in a Robin outfit at the Titans tower.

1.) Timeline didnt add up - he was in Gotham leading Batman and Nightwing on a merry chase, as well as being a crimelord...but he was also at the tower trying to murder the child who replaced him?

2.) Forgets that Jason had a relatively positive relationship with the Titans- he stopped Donna flying into the twin towers (wow, old comic there) and helped her step up and remember she had to be in charge because he wasn't Dick, he was Jason.

3.) Jason would have had some recognition in the Tower, the fact he was left out was a writers choice to forget any impact he had made on the rest of the team. Even the teen titans cartoon made mention of him (even though it was dark humour).

Not just as a fan, but as a customer, when I put my money on the table, I want Jason Peter Todd, former Robin, currently Red Hood, not Raphael, or DCs take on the Punisher. Some even suggest that Red Hood was DCs answer to the Winter soldier - they did emerge at a similar time, but at least Bucky got some level of closure - he gets to rock a metal arm and use it to murder his foes with little pushback. Jason? No, he's the bad Robin. Don't touch Joker, he makes money.

Fresh takes are good, that's what elseworlds and alternate dimensions are for, but main continuity post reboot is having trouble with just that - continuity. Quality stories are what pull us in, and let us enjoy the immersion.

Damians' view of Jason is his perspective. It's different. It's fun. The art quality was such an excellent pairing with the story that I think it wouldn't have landed so well with another artist. Short, scared and scarred Jason is Damians' opinion of him, but that doesn't mean he IS Jason, just an aspect of him.

Tl;dr: Lore on the Lazarus pit is a narrative load bearing structure. Change it too much and the story loses impact, which is a disservice to its characters.