It's not just weed, it's also medicine as well as food. You are so one dimensional weed isn't just weed. It's just like people different varieties they are not all the same. You should know you like to grow autos and it's not the same as photoperiod plants. Autos are for noobs in my book. It takes more skill to grow photos.
There you go again. Running down other methods and choices others might make. To try and pump up your own mediocre skills. It's just weed. Take a look around, every bodies doing it with great results. Based on the pics you are doing just fine. Relax.
One thing you did bring up was the differing strains. Now, what the expert breeders are doing is real science. I think these scientists are the ones that are really pushing the technological envelope when it comes to weed. Yes I and many others love the autos. But, that's not all the breeders are doing. They are breeding In traits that make the strains more mold and pest resistant as well. And to make the plant even more hardy and EASY for guys like you and me to grow it. Those are the guys with real knowledge and skill. I am very discerning when it comes to genes. I start with great genes and along with my easy and cheap methods such as using Blurple, Hempy and Licas formula, it truly is just paint by numbers easy. That's why there are so many breeders, light manufacturers, nute companies etc. Because it's popular.
Photos? They're cool too. I'll just run mine on 12/12 very early to keep them small like an Auto. I'm not sure that they're actually a little bit easier than autos even. Autos if you mess up and stunt them it could adversely affect your yield. Because of the predetermined life cycle. Photos can take a little more time to recover. Personally, like Blurple growing an auto is just another choice. I like them. And so do others.
Anyway, relax dude. It's just weed and everbody is growing it. It only costs a few dimes a gram to grow and is so easy to cultivate with fantastic results it's pathetic. We can thank the real scientists, like the breeders partly for that.
No sense in all this drama over weed.