I played the London for a long time. Got some good wins against stronger players once in a while. I saw it as a solid short cut around so much theory. It is not so easy to use these days, players are onto ways to combat it and too often the tables are turned on me. Yeah, I saw hate for it but was very seldom.
Eventually I moved on, trying out the Keep It Simple 1 d4 and Keep It Simple 1 e4 repertoires. Recently gave 1 b4 a try. My choice is Keep It Simple 1 e4 (first edition. I read a 2.0 1 e4 version recently came out with a big re-write of the author's repertoire choices but I'm sticking with the book I have).
you literally have 3x more games with d4
I already knew that. What is your point?
The sample size is imbalanced so it's not an accurate portrayal.
Also draws are far less common at lower levels. It's like 95% not draws in any opening.
True, the sample size is imbalanced, but I would bet that if we could reduce the sample size of my d4 games to let's say about a year, the rate of draws wouldn't change much. I'm not sure if there's an easy way to test this, but I'm pretty sure of it.