I see what your saying and I think you’re correct.
There is still an advantage in transferring your automations though, as you can still edit them manually in the automations.yaml and you can reload automation changes just by using the reload automation button under Configuration rather than having to restart HASS completely.
I don’t personally use the automation editor due to the missing features and it tends to make a mess of code which is hard to read. But I have transferred all my autos to the automations.yaml for the above reason.
Being able to reload autos in 2 seconds rather than waiting for a 2 to 3 minute restart is a god send.