IF "IM" was full of reverse engineering software guys or experts why hasn't anyone come up with a cheaper Ahrefs.
because ahrefs needs lots of servers and storage which is not cheap

but yes there aren't many in IM who are really good at coding and reversing, most just learn basic hobby coding to do some automation tasks for themselfs.
taken on the task fo breaking the google code and that.. after all thats where the money would be yeah?
and thats what many try - to reverse the google algo and figure out how it works. thats also reverse engineering even if there isn't a tool involved as the code/binaries of google cant be studied without having them.
There is no other reason to try and reverse code something from an IM stand point.
there are many reasons, take as an example instagram/tik tok/whatever app. people already reversed the code to see what its doing to automate it for IM.
without studying how a tool works, we can't automate it.
But nope doesn't happen because as I said in a "traditional" sense of IM that's not what it's about.
well the standard internet marketer cant do that and has to rely on the more advanced ones to produce the tools he needs, but someone's got to do it.
of course a coder with no IM knowledge can be hired, but someone who is into IM himself and can code/reverse is always better as he understands the needs of other IMs.
anyways no need to argue about this. you are right reversing is not the standard IMs thing, but saying its not part of IM at all is also wrong.