About babies who go through growth spurts, of course they do. Mine just fed LONGER when little and there are times to accommodate these cluster feeds also. But to feed them like that daily isn't going to work for some people. If they are really hungry they let out a loud, high-pitched screaming until they are fed, at least with my baby. A pacifier wouldn't interfere with when she was really hungry. You have to be reasonable with the times though, you can't expect to feed a newborn once every 4 hrs. They eat every 2 hrs or so. The more you feed during the day, the less they need at night also. I don't believe in waking a sleeping baby. I had to because of engorgement though. The feeding schedule helped get my milk balanced more, even though I still had oversupply. If she wasn't nursing enough, I wouldn't have produced that much milk. I also had a 16 lb baby at 4 months old so very happy, healthy, and well-fed, even with a schedule. It's more like, not even necessarily a set feeding time, just knowing the differences in cries to be changed, fed, held, or the need for a pacifier. So many people feed on demand when the baby doesn't NEED to be fed, it's just fussing because it wants to be held and patted etc.
