It's just my opinion, but theres so many folks (including myself) that "make it work" I feel that it's just a null excuse to say that pocket carry is the only way one can carry because theres no other option.
You have a valid point. Many probably do choose this because, for example, it's "the easy way out".
And that may be true. Choosing "the easy way out" as a solution is not necessarily the best solution.
However, it's not necessarily the worst solution. Nor is it necessarily a solution arrived at because it's "easy" (to use my example).
I mentioned earlier what my preferred daily carry is, including my preferred carry method, and I will make every effort to carry it in that way.
But sometimes I simply can't. And though I do not have a "pocket carry suitable" handgun, there have been times when I wished I did because a much smaller handgun would have been ideal because it would be so much easier to conceal.
Given the choice between "can't carry at all" and "carry a small 'pea shooter' for the duration", I know what my choice would be.
Sometimes budget is a very real constraint, for example. Not only does it cost a not insignificant amount of money just for another handgun, buying a decent holster is not typically cheap, either. Or a belt appropriate to the attire as well as ability to properly support a holstered pistol.
For me, as another example, it would cost me a pretty penny to buy another nice Italian suit and have it specifically tailored around me and my holstered Colt.
A bigger handgun also presents some physical challenges at times, too. For example when I pull a muscle in my lower back occasionally, it can be quite painful for me to carry my full sized Colt IWB. Not only is it painful, but it exacerbates the problem making the recovery time significantly longer.
I am a fan of people caring the biggest they can reasonably carry on a routine basis. The physics of such matters as mass, caliber, capacity, etc. make sense on this.
But sometimes circumstances conspire against this.