Agreed. But one thing that TPA allows people to do without worrying about plunking in another dollar of quarters when they drainX3, is giving them a chance to experiment with what flipper technique works on TPA pins different feeds like the castle trough and recognizing the value of attempting to consistently control the ball. While real pinball is NOWHERE close to the consistency of TPA, I think learning that there ARE relatively consistent feeds possible on different physical copies of each pin is a great mindset to develop: Which feeds on a pin am I going to encounter frequently? And what are the different flipper technique tools in my arsenal to try to control the ball instead of flail away at the feed?

Then try each one to see if one works. Once you find that one that works most of the time: it becomes your go-to response to that feed.