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"Doesn't a title stay with you for the rest of your life?" ++ Yes, a title is for life.
"everyone would prefer a title"
++ No. An untitled strong player is respected and feared. A low rated grandmaster or master is pathetic. He still gets invited to norm tournaments so upcoming players can score title norms by beating him.
Pathetic is a bit far mate

If you look at a title like CM, when you get 2200 you get it automatically so to be an untitled high rated player chess.com player you could never get a good classical otb rating.
Imagine knowing a lot of chess, being an impressive online blitz player but the moment you set your foot in an official classical chess tournament you fail. Most likely the failure would be due to your nerves not holding up.
If you look at a streamer like gothamchess that cherishes his IM title. No matter how good his online rating becomes he can only do clickbait videos when it comes to GM titles.