I like more effort, it makes the fun bits even better.
It's why I don't trade anymore and why I let random drops give me items and use the duplicates to make scraps and eventually hats.

Takes longer but is so much sweeter.
plus since it takes me longer to get one thing, it doesn't make me look obsessed in getting everything

When there's absolutely no purpose in playing TF2 except to have fun, making earning things take longer just makes it more fun.