Personally I try to avoid controversy. I pre-wash because of allergies. I press because I like to have the fabric ready when I want to use it.
I purchase a pattern, make the quilt, then put the designer's name on the label. (I don't sell quilts or make them for the public.)
I machine quilt some of my work. I hand quilt some of my work. I send some out to a long-arm quilter. It is MY work!
I just laugh and do what I like, because I know there are no "Quilt Police" coming to arrest me for not doing what someone else believes I should do!