I think maybe the best way to look at this is in terms of steps vs patterns.
There are absolutely people who approach techno (or electronic music broadly) in terms of steps. They hear it in their heads in terms of 16s and “ee, and, uh” and play the trigs of a sequencer with all 10 fingers like some play piano.
And the T-1 is not the greatest step sequencer. It can do it, but if that’s what you’re after an elektron or Oxi or Korg or Roland or… will probably suit you better.
But there are also people who see techno as patterns playing against each other. The kick isn’t “1, 5, 9, 13”. It’s “4 in a bar”. Claps are two in a bar. Hats are maybe 12, and rotating. Bass is a 3-on-5 polymeter. Arps are a specific modulation over a key. And the fun comes when you shift or change those patterns against each other as patterns not as steps in a sequencer.
The T-1 makes that kind of thinking about music very easy, and is kind of unique in that. But ultimately it’s all just triggers. Any kind of music can be made with any style and (with more or less effort) with any sequencer. It’s more about how you think about it and what gear matches that philosophy.