the real world fear is not your coins being stolen. but your access to your device/wallet being taken where the coins end up 'burned' via lost keys
That's a perfect use case for paper wallets, they're much easier to copy than hardware.
I was about to say: whether paper or hardware - you're always gonna have a paper or steel backup anyway; so
hiding / protecting a seed always needs to be done, no matter which method you use.
I wouldn't say it's easier to copy a hardware wallet's seed than a paper wallet's seed; it's the exact same thing to be honest.