I could not possibly agree more with the comments of Antonio and David. What magicians "don't like" is generally irrelevant because they most often do not think like laymen do, or understand the psychology of an ordinary person, i.e., the average layman. A great many magicians are enamored with the classic force, because, once again, thinking like a magician, they are into the "move." What they don't stop to consider is that any time a magician goes into a "Pick a card" scenario, it is, to most laymen, a cliche - they have seen their uncle Harold or a friend or whomever do a bad trick that begins that way, or even they themselves have a trick like that. The cards are within the magician's control, so this raises suspicion in the mind of a layman who believes (and rightfully so) that a magician can manipulate the cards and force the selection of a particular card. As Erdnase said, "They should not even suspect, let alone detect."
In the past when I used to have a card chosen (or forced) by the pick a card method, I have even been immediately cut off, with the spectator saying, "Oh I've seen that one."
To a layman, if they cut the deck, it imparts a sense of the utmost fairness and dispels suspicion. Here's what Ted Annemann, the all time scholar and master of the force, had to say about the criss-cross cut force in his book, 202 Methods of Forcing: "An old timer but very practical and deceiving force is to have the card on the top and deck on the table. Ask to have it cut anywhere and when this is done, performer carelessly puts the lower half on upper half but crosswise. It is left this way for a few minutes while the trick is continued, until time for selection to be revealed when top half is taken off and top card of lower half (?) turned over. Really deceptive."
My experience has taught me that Annemann is absolutely correct - Really deceptive. It is super-convincing and never questioned. And you really don't even need "a few minutes" of time misdirection. 30 seconds to a minute will suffice.