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I used it when I got into Audax as I saw many others talking about it. Then I forgot one day and did a 200k without it, and nothing bad happened, never used it since.
For rides like LEL and PBP I just switched shorts each day and made sure that whole area was clean (baby-wipes if I couldn't get a proper shower). The last day of LEL I wore two pairs of shorts (since it was mostly the flatlands and I was on fixed).
(I'm also odd in that I don't go commando in cycling shorts. Again, I've never had any specific gooch problems on multi-day rides, but then I've only ever gone up to 1400km and never anything like TABR or TCR.)
(But I do understand people do have problems and so it may be necessary. But the whole 'you must otherwise' I don't believe in since I'm a single datapoint that proves otherwise.)
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Right saddle/setup/bib shorts.
I find that I get numbness well before any friction related issues, but do use for spot/saddle sore prevention.