Always took a different view than most, but that's probably oriented to the world I drove boats in. Thing about SS props when you're working shallow hard bottom is they don't yield much when you hit a chunk of coral or an oyster bar perched on limestone. The guts of your lower unit will however, and eventually something will let go.
OTOH, lots of horsepower and a surface drive mandates SS props. And if not properly constructed they can still sling a blade and that's always exciting.
Everybody gets to pick their own poison I guess.
