I have seen the same with rakes. Done the same, truthfully.

Used even remotely competently, a blower beats a rake. Hands down.

Now, there is a solid argument that for small yards, a rake and broom are fine. And indeed, that is what I use when doing my yard. With a large yard, though, blower with bagging lawn mower could accomplish in one day and ten bags what would take three days and forty bags. Easy.