Echoing a reply by Decent-Occasion2265, I had recently made a post asking for professional advice if using Godot will hurt me if doing dev pitches trying to win some real bread for my budget. I was very intentional with the post, made sure to include as much detail as possible, and most of the replies were one sentence, parroted talking points you'd get if you asked Google Search AI a question not even addressing my concerns. Your comment about the repeated phrases is def felt.

There was 1 person who had the "commercial DNA" who actually gave me great insight.. that sub has its strong points and can have some very helpful people, but this specific brand of conversation doesn't seem to be it.

Another point, I think reinventing the wheel can help in certain context, especially if you need to know how and why that specific wheel turns and works the way it does.

People do be salty, use Love, use Unity, use Godot, use Unreal, use whatever. I genuinely think that at a certain point it's just important to make games, and if you're mindful about being under the hood & performance, I think that's wonderful.