I have to explain that, yes, I'm looking at other options, but I'm also exploring this option and need to answer this specific question.
People try to use "X Y problem" to feel superior somehow.
I'm not saying that's the problem you had, not at all. I do see why some of the answerers were quick to jump to it though.
No, they absolutely do not.
They propose that you might be having an XY problem because they have seen people commonly ask the same thing before and turn out to have that same XY problem, and they want to help you by making sure that you are asking a question where the answer will actually be useful to you. Or else they genuinely cannot understand why a person would want to solve X.