This is how I feel, exploiting in-game mechanics isn’t cheating and is just Steve using the Magical Physics of the Minecraft World in a way only he can.
Creative mode or /give is cheating, building machines to manipulate/duplicate items is fair game.
I’m pretty sure basically all game development is done on PC.
It makes sense that they’re running a “PC version” it’s a lot easier to work on it that way. Needing to outfit your entire development team with PS5/Xbox/whatever devkits just doesn’t make sense.