I'm pretty sure it's a 'monkey see - monkey do' thing.
The correct way is taking last years berries off which amounts to about a quarter to a third of the branch.
Of course you should also remove cross-over branchs and those growing too close to each other.
I watch the pros that trim the crepe mertyls on the square for tips.
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