Check it out. You are totally welcome to do anything you want. You can do the minimum, I dont care. Whatever your happy with, do that.
But I'm not gonna sit here an look at junk roots an say, "oh ya that's great!" When it isnt. I love hydro, I've spent a fair chuck of time doing it and learning what I like and dont like. I dont like cheap pos airstones. I do like micropore airstones. I dont like small air pumps. I do like large ones.
At the end of my run with hydro I decided soil was just a better option for me so I could have some silence an I'm not going to do hydro with a tiny trickle of water. If I wanted to do the bare minimum, or was happy with the minimum I would have already done that.
Your not showing me something new... I don't think theres a style of growing out there I haven't seen and researched thoroughly years before you even became a member here. Next thing I know your gonna tell me about sips.