Most doesn't use the torque control leaving it on full using their fingers
to pulse.

I use the torque control when doing large numbers of easy screws, such as
screwing down a floor, or screwing plasterboard. Otherwise, it is easier to
just pulse, as you say.

I find the mains drill is good for driving overlarge screws into undersized
pilot holes, but has some serious disadvantages. The main one is that with
neither a rotor brake nor torque control, and with a large amount of
spinning mass, when the screw bottoms out, the drill really wants to
continue spinning, particularly if the drill was used overfast. This often
overtorques the screw, burying it into the wood/plasterboard, or chews up
the screw head.

Christian.