Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
It’s not about making an argument against it, it’s simply questioning why go to the trouble when there are easier solutions.
As previously stated: It is more reliable, lighter, reinforces the steerer tube, sometimes easier to source and really so little labor that calling it "labor intensive" is a bit ridiculous.
Do it, don't do it, whatever. If my headset works loose, I like knowing that I don't have guess whether the expansion plug slipped. (But it never gets loose.)