Now amateur radio is by all definition to the fcc a hobby!
We are not commercial entities or enterprise.
We cannot advertise and sell products outside of equipment on a regular basis.
That this even a question in the tech test.
Technology aside the hobby has always been about communicating, education, and fostering goodwill.
Are you a home brew?, are you an appliance user?, are you a code hound?
Are you a youth?, are you a yl?, or are you an om?
Does it really matter? You are in the hobby and on the air.
Splitting hairs and categorizing user types is doing the exact opposite of what the hobby is about.
Here's a bit of gratuitous sarcasm
Talking with a fellow on 2 meter exchange information whe he finds out you talked to him on a baofunk you get the cold response and are ignored by anyone else.
Elitism and bragging about your kilobuck shiny toy and bird frying power antenna, while crapping on everything else does not foster goodwill,
and think about it any one can read the forums, what do you think puts ham operators in a bad light quicker

You would not believe the amount of crap dumped on me by trolls infesting qrz.
Yeah I've only held my license now for 2 years, but that doesn't mean I'm a lid.
Industrial electrician with a very good background in electronics plc,slc automation control, and computer specialist for 31 years prior to retirement
And navy computer tech before becoming electrician.
Yet only having a license for 2 years lumps me in the lid category by a lot of hams.
I built my first am transmitter at 12
Very low power with a transmit range of 300 feet, you could turn any am radio to a dead station, tune the transmitter to it and send morse code. ( used to annoy the crap out of my brother)
That was almost 50 years ago.
Should everyone home brew?
Probably not, but it's something that can easily be learned.
And you don't have to build radios,
Learn about antennas, how they behave under various conditions, learn how to make them, because even the best radio in the world won't work worth a damn if it's hooked up to a crappy antenna.