I've found that a large number of photographers are rather blind to the idea that people like playing with mechanical things. Many are obviously very baffled by the idea that someone somewhere might want to actually build something, or design things, or to create something new or different from what others are currently using, and that people can take great pleasure of that in and of itself with zero relation to the passion that is photography.
"Why would you want to do that when you could be taking photos?!"
It can be maddening to try and talk about design details with photographers at times, because many seem to feel that camera designs are somehow holy relics or something. Cameras and related gear are apparently things that are prefect, and to talk about changes to them is somehow blasphemy of some sort.
I've tried to start conversations about various topics, but had them grind to a halt with "Someone else has already made the tools, why on earth would you want to make more?!", which I find rather ironic, given the kind of response you might get if you asked why anyone would want to take photos when you could just order prints of existing ones online for far less.
As with almost all threads on APUG they usually evolve or devolve into the same thread only expressed or argued in a different manner. Although that can be fun too.
And to continue in that vein I will reiterate that because we ourselves have a mindset or a goal for our photography we still have to remember that other people come at things from an entirely different mindset. Many on this site consider photography a hobby and many more are probably retired and this is their new chosen way to spend their last days. (ha ha). Others are serious amateurs and some are professionals. And we all have different goals and uses for our photography.
So when one persons goal is to make commercially salable work for their niche in this field, other people goals are to enjoy the time consuming process of the process of photography. Since their prints have no commercial value to them, selling them is not even a consideration. To them its about the enjoyment or masochism of going through the processes and steps of traditional photography and print making. Other people are far more interested in streamlining the processes and concentrating on getting the best print possible and spending their time on the end results. And there are all the people in between.
So while some would prefer the journey, so to speak, which to them is the journey to get to the print, others perhaps are more concerned with the journey to be more salable and to advance in that direction, and doing tedious darkroom steps actually can actually slow down their journey.
So when we ask questions, or debate or argue with other people here, we have to realize that in most cases our goals are entirely different.
Some people garden to enjoy gardening and others garden to get fresh food for their table or to sell. All these people are gardeners but for different reasons.