When playing micros you should be taking exploitative measures but it does help to understand what you should do in a certain spot in theory. At the end you are here to learn and go higher and you don't want to pay lots of money for your mistakes.

Villains might not consciously understand who has the advantage but unconsciously they will still overfold in certain spots. You just need to have in mind that they will be likely more reluctant to let go some strong but dominated hand like TPGK or so.
Good example is a range bet with low sizing. It works vs fishes, abc regs. They might don't understand how ranges interact but they do overfold so it makes very profitable play.

I think the case here is to find balance to not overthink and expect villain to understand what you are trying to represent. Here is where exploit comes.You overfold vs unexpected aggression even when theory says otherwise while still being aware what correct play should be vs a skilled villain.

This is why you can beat lower stakes playing solid but unbalanced, tightish strategy. Nobody's gonna exploit you. When you start learning advanced concepts you can get lost in a way you don't adapt to villains level. So you can go back and play inferior but still profitable strategy or learn to adapt while still knowing what's the theory-wise optimal play.