Interesting thread, my Father (Now retired) used to work for British Aerospace at Woodford and apparently they did some research into same idea many years ago, and the upshot was that the retarding effect of tyres going from virtually nil speed to landing speed at point of "impact" was such that the cost of replacing tyres was less than the cost of replacing brake parts.
I stand to be corrected.
TBL
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