One of the few things I believe buying the preprepared version of is worth doing. Life is too short to pick apart a whole pomegranate properly.
100% agree. I was banned as a child (at like 10 or so) from having whole pomegranate because of the mess with them. I ended up with juice spraying on the wall behind me. Even as an adult - they are so tedious. A similar one for me is if I need a bunch of pitted cherries for a recipe I often buy frozen to save that hassle.