Ehhh, I started out vaping afraid of them, bought a couple, and as long as you’re not a dumb dumb (but yes, accidents happen TOO, to smart people also), I never got the full allure of them. I mean, SURE, they can hit like a freight train while the batt/batts are fresh, but as the batts start to deplete, so did my experience, so I went back to protected mods.
I think some people like the raw, unbridled power of them, maybe some of the, “Yeah, you MIGHT just blow your face off”, and also the minimalist design, very limited parts to fail, smaller size, etc.