Not at all.
Glue is not the basic building block to all fine cabinetry. One could make an argument that it disqualifies a piece as being fine. Certainly there are many, many great pieces of woodwork that use no glue.
It locks it all together in an exponentially stronger way.
That is just straight up wrong. I don't have a link, but there is a video on YT a guy did. He tested mortise and tenon joints with and without glue. Guess what.
One could make an argument that it disqualifies a piece as being fine
One could not made a good argument. How do you think the panels are made?
You can't make glue-lam panels without glue. Your 'fine' furniture is extremely limited without them.
Glue joints are stronger than wood. A properly made panel, or joint of any kind, will not break on the glue line, the wood near it will break first.
30 years in the woodworking trade, and a red seal journymen.
You can watch videos if you want, but i have made and tested the glue joints using a sledgehammer.
I was skeptical of glue-lam panels when I first started out, and did my own experiments.
White glue is stronger than wood. You've been led astray by hobbyist videos.
There are many ways to join wood without glue. They require skill instead.
I think you're being unfair to glue.
I glue everything. Solid wood glue laminated panels are are the basic building blocks for all 'fine' cabinetry I've made.
Even the joinery I glue. It locks it all together in an exponentially stronger way.