The question really is has the technician caught up with the technology
The pad range today features about seventeen or more types of materials and differences between models of each type
microfibre is the default pad for most of the work with zero marring or haze on 99% of paints with any one polish and similar finish to a light cut/good finish foam pad
Perhaps one day the universal pad will come into reality, do anything you want with it from correction to fine finishing