This analogy just reduces down to “I think generics are more fit-for-purpose” which is just another way of saying “I think generics are better”. And I certainly think there’s a fair amount of merit to generics, but the folks who have seriously programmed with and without generics are much less fervent supporters of generics (if they support them at all) than the generics-advocates who have only used languages that make heavy use of them. I won’t try to analogous this to power tools or cars or anything else because such analogies are never enlightening and usually at least a little corny.