Traps and their mistakes

So,i have seen(and cloned)many trap studies,but what I have seen is that traps are totally dependent on their opponents mistakes.
For example:

WOW

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Well, if there's a trap that cannot be avoided, chess (or at least that particular line) is solved and everyone can play that opening. According to WP, a trap is "a move that tempts the opponent to play a bad move". If he didn't, ...

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If traps always worked irrespective of your opponent's moves, they wouldn't be traps, they'd be the main lines. Also, chess would be a boring game, because people would all play the same tactics for forced wins.

The line shown in the study is a little inaccurate (obviously). After 5. ...Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4, the bishop sacrifice 7. Bxf7 actually works: recapturing with 7. ...Kxf7 8. Qh5+ gives up the exchange by force (e.g. 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd5+ Kg7 10. Qxa8) and if the king goes to e7 the bishop retreats and White has just gained material and has a perfect position, while Black is down a pawn and the king is the only piece developed. White has punished a mistake without making any compromises. The line given, on the other hand, has never played out fully in a game on Lichess: 9. f4+ has been played 5 times, and so far black has retreated to d6 on each occasion. White is down two pieces and the knight on d4 is poised to hop into c2 with check.

It's all very sharp and kind of interesting, and black definitely has to take some care with the king so exposed, but even if your opponent isn't going to play like a computer, neither will you, unless you've prepared with one, and this position is already double-edged.

I'm a fan of playing for complications but the point is not to pray for your opponent to fall flat on their face and blunder so you can clean them up with your prepared line. The point is to create enough threats that the position is hard for your opponent to play, and if you can see how to refute your own moves without a computer, expect that your opponent will see it too. That sense of how difficult it is to play these positions is something I expect you have to develop through experience playing them without computer help; you won't get an accurate impression of how hard moves are to refute if the line is explained to you in a study.

A bad trap is a trap that wins if your opponent falls into it and loses if he does not fall into it.
A good trap is a trap that wins if your opponent falls into it and does not lose if he does not fall into it.

It's good to know traps but only to avoid them. A lot of players even below 1500 on lichess are familiar with many opening traps and rarely will give you opportunities for traps.

This thread is so delightfully ambiguous.