That's why maybe we shouldn't look for the highest APR (something I've done in the past too). I sometimes prefer a diesel pool with a low APR or even no rewards but with high fees.
There are various ways to use diesel pools to achieve different goals, without using exotic pairs at all or rarely touching them. Unfortunately, we no longer have a fully stable diesel pool after BUSD goes away unless it is replaced with a different token, like SWAP.USDT. But a stable diesel pool can be very useful, especially in the bear market, even if it doesn't have any rewards (but it has fees).
Then, every once in a while a diesel pool shows up that in the short term is very profitable, like we still have ZING-SWAP.HIVE. There are other cases of diesel pools you can use for various purposes. For example, any player of dcity should use the SWAP.HIVE-SIM diesel pool (and one doesn't need to be a player to get a share of the rewards).