I've been using the vacuum pump method (the Topsider, it's called) for a couple of years now. It's not laziness! For those of us with no garage (and therefore no place to store ramps and other equipment), not having to slide under the car to remove first a sound-encapsulating panel, then the drain plug, is a blessing.
And what if your plastic drain pan begins to leak during the oil change? It happened to me. I bought the Topsider the next day, and all I have to do now is button up the metal can and take it to the recycling center.
Plus the pump can be used to drain other fluids, in your car or around the house.
Opting for convenience, in itself, is not laziness.
-- Paul W.