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I don't necessarily agree, but just to play Devil's advocate, I feel like the same could apply to Shiny Pokemon since luck plays a big part in finding them, so only fortunate players with lots of spare time can get the Shinies that they want. And even if you go out of your way to hunt down specific Shinies in the games, depending on which game you're playing, it could take ages and you're not guaranteed to find the Shiny that you want even after all the effort.
If it wasn't already apparent, I don't like Shiny Pokemon. There's no real benefit to having them other than them being nice to look at and to have bragging rights I guess? And there's plenty of Shiny Pokemon that in my opinion don't look better than their non-Shiny counterparts. Whenever I get lucky enough to find a Shiny I'll catch it sure, but only to use as trade fodder.
Ehh, shiny Pokemon have been easier to hunt in recent games to the point where luck is far less of a factor. Overworld spawns and mass outbreaks have really made shinies far easier to find in a shorter amount of time, you're able to sift through multiple encounters at a time and getting increased odds from a much easier chaining system and that exponentially increases the odds of finding the shiny you want.
Hell, I've been taking to SV's mass outbreaks and have started to game them pretty well. Unlike past chaining methods with mass outbreaks you don't need to fight/catch the Pokemon consecutively (if a random encounter gets in your way), you can save and reset your game and still retain your chain, you can run away from the outbreak and come back to despawn and respawn the Pokemon. And then when you actually find the shiny, you can save and reset your game and the shiny will still be there (which is incredibly helpful for accidental KOs, now you can keep trying until the RNG spares you from self-KOs or try to switch up Pokemon/strategies to weaken it before it's KOed). The changes have really turned shiny hunting from an interminable and masochistic white whale hunt to a much more reasonable affair that rewards strategic searching and understanding of mechanics. I've been able to get the shiny in an outbreak in about an hour of searching putting those techniques into practice, which is still a big ask especially for more casual players, but it's a VAST improvement over the hundreds or even thousands of hours SRing or the far more fragile chaining methods of past games.