Sorry, it's just that every single time I post a picture to try and be helpful, somebody nit-picks fault with it... 😞
("smarter" reads as nit-picking, "would save the paint work" is a helpful point)
Maybe short rope slings would save the paintwork, but being pragmatic how do you fit them through a relatively small eye-hole? If you had some time to spare you could put a rope through and then splice it, but I expect most boatbuilders don't want to spend hours doing this 8 times. I suppose an owner with enough time on their hands could do it if they were bothered... 😉