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No hate, that's a fair question.
In this specific case, it's advice geared to what I know about the person soliciting my advice. Because I don't know what they know, it's a case where it's just good to start at the ground floor. Some of my classmates were international students from India with only the slightest idea what the difference between a tower and a montior were so having this knowledge never hurts. Also at 44 there may be some stigma that they encounter if they use older terminology or don't know the cutting edge in an interview.
If a cert is useless to you then by all means skip it after doing a practice exam. Talking about your cert goals in an interview is a good way to bring up what you know/are learning on your own.
Certs are there to serve you, not the other way around, so ideally study them until you land a job, then get the job to pay for them if you can.
That is definitely a fair point; for a beginner it's very worth studying for; i still think the exam is a bit much to spend for very little benefit on a resume compared to the other two tests at its "tier" (net+ or sec+).
That said my experience is solely in a fueld of government that sec+ is a baseline to even get a job so I am biased for that 😅