Thanks for the update. I, too, feel that my rather lazy pruning style has been vindicated.
I long ago settled into the "Never prune more than once every three years*" mode. It saves a lot of time. And I always believed the roses approved. I've never lived where a rose could fully recover from a harsh pruning: by the end of the second year there are never any green canes the size of a pencil or larger. That's right. Never. Not on any rose in either my garden in NJ or AZ. So standard pruning advice would never have been the best for my situation.
*Except for removing dead wood.
