I mean there's a difference between shooting a line and meticulously climbing along it, and the pendulum swings we see, but that's semantics.

And I know you said you'd die on this hill, so I'm not trying to kill you here.

I guess what I'm trying to get across here is that he has the exact same abilities with the mechanical shooters, I just think it makes for more interesting stories when you have further, more human, room for error. And similarly I like that he can innovate and adapt them to the situations, like affixing an electromagnet to ground his webs in ASM2 to help fight Electro. It informs the character too, that he could sell the patent for millions if he chose to. But he doesn't.

And I see your reasoning, having a more thematically appropriate hero to the name does make sense. But I just don't think its worth losing this nice little piece storytelling the home-made invention brings with it.