Yes, every tournament system has its pros and cons in different circumstances. Players have to keep all this in mind in order to achieve good results. Therefore, it is rare to see many short draws in the first rounds of the big Swiss, but this is a common thing in a round-robin GM or IM tournament.
Restrictions on draws in top-level tournaments are a commercial decision of the organizers, not the choice of the players. In some cases, this may have something to do with the sale of entrance tickets or advertising time. In other cases, when the organizers do not expect any profit from the tournament, there are no reasonable reasons for restrictions at all. When I was actively playing offline tournaments, I always just ignored tournaments with restrictions on draws, no matter what the conditions or prizes were. Of course, this was largely facilitated by the fact that I never claimed to get into the ranks of top-GMs. :)
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