Given that a homelab is basically a garage for fucking around, arguing for what qualifies for fucking around is rather pointless
Some people are interested in only one of these, so the distinction is not pointless.
Distinction springs from the person themselves.
I think ClumsyPilot's way to put it was just fine.
I just said that the distinction is not "pointless" or "gatekeeping", as some people accused, but pretty common convention which can be quite useful for readers. In particular, you are pushing back against something nobody said.