There’s still a lot of multi-million credit cars I don’t own, including the GT1, and very few of the ones I do have had me throwing them through GT Auto or the livery editor yet. Usually when I go into the livery editor I’m going all-out with something pretty detailed and/or I’ve customized the car a lot already, so I’m not paying close attention to the logos or badges I’ve lost. There’s absolutely a high chance I missed a number of cars that lose badging when painted.
I personally think it’s more likely that people have experienced the de-badging on some cars and assume it’s a universal function for all badges on all cars, and have an aversion to painting. I’m pretty sure there’s plenty of cars that have zero changes in the livery editor that you’d never be able to tell if someone sent it through GT Auto, I don’t understand why it’s inconsistent.
It’s me, Mr. Madman.