If you can get a cordless ratchet in there, you can get a higher torque tool in there, whether ratchet or breaker bar.So are people avoiding a cordless impact? Or using the cordless ratchet in a place one cannot get a cordless impact into.
But if you cannot get in a cordless impact in there can you get a breaker bar in there?
I for one think if the issue a stuck rusty bolt you may have better chance of getting the bolt out rather than snapped off with an impact than a breaker bar.