You sure about that? Because unless you can prove that it could be more powerful given its form factor and power output, that's pretty much exactly what you're doing.
I never said it could.
But that's the design they chose to go with so the question is always "is it worth the compromise?"
Personally, I'm more upset about the lack of D-Pad on Joycons. That's a compromise that doesn't payoff, IMO. The novelty of sharing JoyCons and playing MP with the kickstand is not worth the loss of a precision input device for 2D games (especially fighters and future VC) in handheld mode.