I think it depends on how many guests you have for the post-cleanup. However, I generally agree with you.
I sometimes get on my partner's or family members case about things left around when we're waiting for the oven or something and they're like: "I'll just do it at the end". For big meals, the large dish rack plus the dish washer (which seems to be another dish rack for us) almost always gets over crowded and we need to use those drying pads.