I've re-read your post and don't see the translation you attempt to imply. It appears that JTN concurs.
My point remains.
When VFR you, and you alone, are responsible for your aircraft avoiding other aircraft. You cannot delegate that responsibility to ATC under any service, nor is it sensible to get into the habit when flying VFR of having your head inside. No, it's sometimes not easy at all to spot other aircraft. I've often been given information about other aircraft and never spotted them. All the more reason to get into the habit of actively looking and honing your search technique rather than give up and get lazy.
TCAS can be a very useful tool particularly when being vectored around the sky close to places like CDG. But that's IFR and multi-crew, and therefore another ballgame entirely.