The problem with "you don't need to outrun the bear, only to outrun your friend" is that either you or your friend are going to get eaten. All other things being equal, it would be preferable to have a strategy where no one gets eaten.
I mean no... there is always a large portion of players that I would never want to play with in any meaningful way, aka racists, screechers, try hards, toxic, etc.
I'm perfectly content of feed those people to the bear so me and my friends can continue to have a fun and mostly hacker free experience.
