Well, my analogy was ironic of course... did you not see the "mocking face"?
Anyway, ironically there's people who had success in life with very little education (suppose it's like your example of NOT investing points in a skill) and there's people who had success and also went to school. The first example doesn't negate the second one.
Same way, you may want to put points into Pack Mule early on to ease your game (the basic pockets though useful give you too few slots) OR you may want to depend on RNG and endure a slower backpack progression until you find the schematics for larger pockets.
Also you need to consider that with Pack Mule you can later free up slots in your armor to put additional and better mods.
Seemed more like a smugface to imply what I was saying was stupid.
And you literally said what I was stating initially.. you can spend points on them to make your early game easier, but they do become irrelevant later on. Thats probably why we also have forgit it elixirs now.
Still, with legendary equipments you can use all the mods you might need. My lategame gear mods covers everything: defense, weather conditions, mobility and utility. And thats without ever spending a point in pack mule or well insulated. (Yes, that was a choice of mine, I'm just pointing out why my argument of "they become irrelevant later on" applies)
Head gear: flashlight, armor plating, customized fittings, cowboy hat mod.
chest: bandolier, armor plating, customized fittings, triple storage.
gloves: armor plating, customized fittings, triple storage, insulated line mod.
leg: armor plating, customized fittings, triple storage, insulated line mod.
shoes: armor plating, customized fittings, triple storage, insulated line mod.
Clothing: BDUs+leather duster all with cargo storage pockets
The only mods left out are muffled connectors, water purifier, cooling mesh and impact bracer.
You dont drink water at late game - you either go mineral water or tea/stronger drinks, you dont use water purifiers.
Cooling mesh becomes irrelevant with the gear I run. But you can swap them for insulated if needed. Although I never get cold or hot with this setting.
Impact bracer doesnt make much of a difference and it also becomes irrelevant if you run parkour.
Muffled connectors can be useful. And they could be taking the spot used for the triple storage mods, but that depends on your playstyle. I run a stealth build, so they are pointless to me, I dont make noise because of my perk build. And I dont see heavy armor people worried about waking up zombies when they raid POIs.