Becuase you can have all the amps in the world many times over compared to a hw amp?
Meh. Different tools, different uses.
I find that for me, if I don’t at least look around to see and try what’s out there I’ll stagnate and start thinking “this is as good as it ever gets…”.
Which may currently be true at the time. But I always try stuff to see if I bond with something else.
Besides - sometimes you just want to have something else to mess with.