Am I missing something or are bricks not really that useful (especially when bottles exist)

I've been playing this game for a while now and now that i've got the gameplay loop down i dont find myself using bricks at all unless there is a side obj for tvs or to pop an annoying trap. They dont really stun for long enough to be viable for protecting someone doing obj even with strong arm. They also dont really make alot of noise unlike bottles so they are worse for distracting. They are good for trials with snitches but thats a pretty small niche. The only other thing i can see them being useful for is a get out of jail free card but you will never be in a compromising situation if you just play smart and use bottles to distract. The two uses are nice i guess for clearing side objectives. Am i missing something that makes bricks good? They just seem kinda mediocre especially when distracting an enemy with a bottle is far more effective than a front on attack. Anyways sorry if this is just a word dump im horrible at organizing my thoughts neatly. Just curious on what use case bricks really have outside of invasion.