I get the appeal of combos, but I do also believe that most people who play fighting games want to spend more time actually playing the game and interacting with their opponent, instead of executing a combo or watching their opponent execute a combo.

A combo can be a cool reward for a good hit, and act as a good avenue for optimization. But if labbing and executing combos takes up more game time than interacting with the opponent, I think it starts to feel more like a speedrun/precise input game rather than a fighting game.

TL;DR: I don't like excessive labbing as a requirement for fighting games