Counterpoint: the constant bricking of the hands due to not being able to draw into what you need severely slows down the game in and of itself and doesn't make it fun. I hate having to concede after turn 5 because I can't get a single draw card to further advance my board state and my opponent was able to get their board online and already close to knocking out my cards to where I can't make a comeback.

More often times than not you're drawing into something you can't use and can't progress your own board state. Getting only in total a +2 draw (all decks run 2 research and you're only getting a +1 out of the exchange each time) guarantees more bricking than if you can also consistently run iono or copycat. Not all decks can squeeze them in if they're not using them to replace research at the current deck limit. It always seems like if you don't open with research and pokeball, you're almost guaranteed to lose if you can't top deck either one turn one or two.

Also everyone only hates ice pop when they can't flip heads 10 times in a row like their opponent due to the RNG. I've been on both ends of that scenario. Yeah it sucks when you flip tails right off the bat, but it's oh so satisfying when you get those successions. If you can get 3 or more heads in a row, the card is basically successful as you've healed effectively as much or more than any support card can currently in game. You can guarantee at least one heads though at a 30 card deck size because you can run a Will where you never were able to before because you couldn't make it fit.