If you patch a lot of tubes, it's hard to beat the Rema patch roller:

https://www.amazon.com/Rema-Tip-Top-.../dp/B07ZQT7NV7

i start in the center, and work outward in a spiral pattern.

Well, it doesn't take a lot of thought about who is MORE LIKELY to post pics of their bikes.
Those of us that ride more plain Jane utilitarian bikes aren't going to bother.
I like late 80's early 90's Rockhoppers. DB CR-MO tubing, but they look ordinary. Why post a pic of that?

Arguing that a shop would do well to offer yet a third (no-guarantee) option is a step too far for so simple and inexpensive a repair job.

Reminds me of an eccentric mechanic I worked with in another shop whom I overheard buttonholing a polite Brit at the Sturmey Archer booth at the New York Bike Show in the early '80's. The S.A. rep kept a straight face as Mike argued earnestly that the company should sell cards of replacement links for indicator rod chains.

As have I. But I suppose I'd note that only about 4-5 of the hundreds of tubes I patch in a given year are from my own bikes - the rest were collected from non-profits which refurbish old bikes, and the patched tubes go back to the non-profits as needed. On Monday, a friend came over and we checked & patched over 40 tubes in a few hours. I only recognized one or two of them as mine.

As for patch reliability - I leave patched tubes inflated for a minimum of 72 hours to test for slow (or fast) leaks and for patch integrity. The attrition rate is about 2-3% - most often slow leaks from a previously-undiscovered hole or a failure elsewhere (typically an old tube). Very few failures of the patch. But when I'm patching in bulk I thoroughly prep each site with a mini-dremel with a sanding drum to get clean black rubber before applying the vulcanizing fluid.

It's very good, along with a miniature sanding drum, for multiple or difficult (e.g. patch-on-patch or raised-moulding-line) repairs.

To celebrate I will post some pictures of my collection of quite old, but not really classic and TBH quite scruffy, bikes. Except that would take too much effort, and I doubt anyone wants to see them anyway.

I enjoy seeing bikes. It is a bike forum in case you missed it.