A lot of people report wiping their chain. This intrigues me.
A chain gets crap on it, and we consider that we have a dirty chain.
Some of the "dirty" is on the "outside" of the chain, and therefore of cosmetic concern. It does no harm there.
Some of the "dirty" is "inside" the chain, places where contact takes place, and abrasive "dirty" is likely to accelerate wear.
Wiping the chain does not remove "dirty" from "inside" the chain.
I suspect that wiping the chain removes "dirty" from the "outside" of the chain and makes it look cleaner, and the bike owner happy. But where does the "dirty" go to?
Where does the wiping move the "dirty" to. I think that a lot of it goes onto the rag (good) , some might go onto the floor ( not good for lounge room carpet), and some of it goes to the "inside" of the chain to make the important parts of the chain dirtier than they were before you started this wiping process.
If you are not going to wash the chain, would you in fact have a better result by eliminating the wiping step, and just adding lube.
It would be interesting to examine a chain with a magnifying glass before and after a"'wipe and lube" process .