It's all about the relative failure rate. My understanding is that drift can and does happen on pretty much any non-Hall joystick, but that the Switch Joy-Cons were particularly susceptible based ...

By following this guide and replacing the potentiometers with Hall effect sensor sticks, you can permanently fix PS5 joystick drift and enjoy a controller that performs like new for years to come.

GuliKit has unveiled some interesting information on how to avoid Joy-Con drift on Nintendo Switch using its "Hall Joystick" sensors.

I keep parsing this story title as implying that Hall effect sensors are the cause of stick drift, and that's the reason why the Switch 2 joysticks won't use the technology instead of the other ...