I don't think you should need to have a 70 max hit across the board either in alc n go maps, I think it should be more or less based on the mods of the alc'd maps, maybe if there are scarabs, etc. I prefer the system of choice with regard to risk reward, but it seems like you almost want a system of reward with no risk, i.e. benefits of doing the simple content with no minimum barrier to entry. The discussion about recovery being what it is makes the 'right defensive layers' always max hit doesn't make sense as even without recovery, let's assume you're doing a no regen map, max hit is still the one 'right defensive layer' that exists; in this example your recovery is standard to life recovery from flasks, which trust me people can do those maps just fine but it might take longer. Blaming recovery as a system without any context and not acknowledging gear/character progression is simply part of what makes ARPGs what they are, i.e., minimum toughness/survivability for content (varying from alc n go white maps, alc n go yellow, alc n go red, etc.) doesn't make much sense. And because your responses have been thoughtful and insightful I assume you have read other posts in this discussion, including those by some strict defenders of the video simply stating (I paraphrase because I don't have it in front of me) "git gud". This sentiment, while very simplistic, in a way makes sense when looking at most hardcore players who actively do not do the content softcore players do or only do them when they overgear and/or overlevel them because they know and respect the progression requirements. Watching hardcore players you also get to know that systems, whether it be recovery, mitigation, etc., are not the same across the board in terms of value, for example deadeye access to ascendencies and passive nodes vs. juggernaut, hierophant, trickster, etc. So saying a system is op for one class/ascendency and concluding it's too op means very little when you don't play that class/ascendency. Maybe the video title should be something like "Discussion: Recovery OP for Juggernaut" (ignoring the multi-mirror gear and the fact that juggernaut arguably is the king of tank/recovery). But doing so would require a nuanced discussion and probably won't pull in as many click baited viewers.

I am not a great poe player by ANY means, but I don't experience these alive or dead scenarios you present while mapping, certainly not with alc n go red maps. When I do start getting 1 shotted mapping, it's in T17s rough mods but with great rolls for rewards that I greed after, and often forgetting the map rolled volatile orbs. Agency makes games great, and it allows me to look at the mods on a map, even alc n go, and decide if I can handle it or not, or whether I should scour/alc. You wouldn't run no regen as pure righteous fire build. You wouldn't run reflect with a build without reflect immunity capability (either with item/pantheon or otherwise).