Synth Power Filtering: To Bead or Not To Bead ?

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Synth Power Filtering: To Bead, or Not To Bead? (alternatively, Ferrites: Functional or Foolhardy?)

https://youtu.be/U_ApszRFBAc

Where you do stand in this debate? [Be sure to read Paul Schreiber's pinned comment below.]The Truth About Ferrite Beads Will Shock You, by North Coast Synth...

(and the referenced North Coast article: https://northcoastsynthesis.com/news/the-truth-about-ferrite-beads-will-shock-you/ )

I've noticed that Befaco in particular uses ferrite beads in a lots of digital Eurorack modules, and I've always wondered if they had a good reason or if it was just superstition. I'd love to hear the experience of a module manufacturer on this issue ... something along the lines of "we added the ferrite beads since it failed FCC EMC compliance without them".