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You understand blowers aren't just used for leaves right? They're great for all sorts of debris in all the difficult or impossible to get places (imagine rocky landscaping for example). Isn't the issue 2-stroke blowers but not blowers in general? What's wrong with electric?
They're less annoying and polluting but still a fucking nuisance. And most of the time they're just used to achieve some idiotic standard of cleanliness, without any practical usefulness.
This is likely region dependant I suppose.
I'll push back a little on the "most of the time it's just for idiotic cleanliness standards" part there as I'll assume it's referring to homeowner use which I'd argue is likely not the ones using blowers the most often. Keeping walkways and ramps etc clear of slippery leaves, snow, or other debris is super important in all our public spaces and nothing does that job as quickly or as well as a blower.
Goes against their narrative and they don’t like being called out.