Personally, I think DMs fret about this kind of thing too much. In my opinion, what Feats like this do is give you a codified way to accomplish the thing. That shouldn’t prevent other characters from accomplishing the thing through non-codified means. The Feat allows the player to say “I use this Feat. Here’s what happens.” Players who don’t have the Feat have to describe what they’re trying to accomplish and how and rely on the DM’s adjudication. That’s my view, anyway, though I know a lot of DMs who are not so comfortable with that.