After an accident many years ago my left wrist refuses to allow me to shape full first finger barre chords. So for thirty years or so I have had to find ways of getting around this. Yes, a classical guitar sitting position would allow it but whilst OK in a pub singaround, not practical for performances.

Finger picking does allow you to ignore the odd (mainly bass) string if you just take a first position chord up the neck. The F and E shapes being very good for it, and the E shape also allows interesting bass counterpoint.

I also use many modal and open tunings. Learning scales for the different tunings may be tedious but allows far better understanding of how to play them and almost ignore the very concept of full chords. You can easily find the arpeggio if you know your scales.