Yes I'm not really in the residential catcher mower area down here. Apart from the city folk who've moved to the country, everyone cuts the grass with a side throw rather than catching it.
Sadly most people have gone over to using ride-ons & a brush cutter where the ride-on wont reach. The problem is they choose a good agricultural brand name like John Deere but they don't realise that the mower isn't a heavy duty mower like a Greenfield.