I only studied mathematics, never actually been a professional mathematician, and I feel like a big difference might be in what we see as "most mathematicians" (if you're working in this area you're probably more right than I am! but it's also possible your view is focussed on people working in areas related to yours).
I'd make the following alternative analogy: I code in Python on an x86, because that happens to be the machine on my desk. If you told me I should be using POWER instead of x86, I'd probably just shrug: I could do that - my work is portable - but it's also completely irrelevant to my work. I think this would be how most people in say analysis, algorithms or combinatorics feel, for example.
I'd make the following alternative analogy: I code in Python on an x86, because that happens to be the machine on my desk. If you told me I should be using POWER instead of x86, I'd probably just shrug: I could do that - my work is portable - but it's also completely irrelevant to my work. I think this would be how most people in say analysis, algorithms or combinatorics feel, for example.