i think they're fine for everyday as long as it's a well built wheel

a lot of people tend to try and go as low weight as possible without taking their weight into account, i don't ride 20/24 because i know i'm too heavy for that wheelset to last, but i'm comfortable riding 24/28, i put close to 5000km on my 24/28 wheelset this year and is as true as when i got it built

on the other hand i refuse to ride alloy nipples or revolution spokes, which i think take more away from the reliability of a wheel than removing a few spokes