I believe many people find so, but spending £40-50+ on gear cable ‘sets’ has always put me off, from the limited looking I’ve done I can’t remember (but there must be?) continuous run outer cable sets. My current main bike, the last one and my XC HT all require continous run outer gear cable, having no stops
I use basic shimano inner, basic shiman outer and (4mm) middleburn cable oilers, which once ‘plumbed’ into the outer cable allow you to spray WD40*/etc inside and force some crap out the mech end (and some spray in the shifter?**)
Also the O-ring that covers the hole sits proud so that you can position the cable oiler along the outer cable length so that the O-ring acts as a bump stop/frame protector where the cable would otherwise touch/run the frame/fork
*For the past few years the few I’ve seen, WD40 has come with a fatter red pipe as supplied that won’t fit. I’ve been using something called ‘maintenence spray’ (claims to do similar) by someone else (cant remember who)
**Not sure how this affects the life of the shifter though?