o duh i know that! I learned it before to!
I even created my graphics engine using your tutorials, guess I just had a brain fart.

No I think there are plenty of people who want to just create games for fun and dont need every feature in the world. DirectDraw does offer alot. And it is simpler to understand and learn. Plus as I found from my experiance it is faster to blit sprites when you need lots of "different" ones on the screen. Trust me it is.