I get what you’re saying, but I think the interesting part isn’t that people don’t find this by hand anymore, it’s that we’re starting to automate finding stuff no one was really catching consistently.
HN hype is definitely real lol, but I don’t think it’s just unpaid promo. People are just trying to figure out where these tools are actually useful and where it’s just vibes.
And “not a high value bug” kinda depends. For product maybe not, but for infra or security, small wins can add up if they scale.