I get what you are saying mate I don’t fish snags anyway, a lot of the waters I fish you ain’t allowed to use them, I guess like you say people using them to put baits where they shouldn’t be.
I want one for a little pond I fish, the island has overgrown and you can’t get a lead to it without hitting the trees that are over hanging (not into the water) and if you start doing several casts to get it right you will spook the fish out of the swim and they won’t return for ages lol.
a 11m baiting pole might do it from a couple swims but might as well spend the extra and get a boat, I think I will enjoy using it too 😆 but yeah it’s not for all my fishing, just for the tricky pond I sometimes fish 👍