> Technically X is not Y, but only isomorphic to it
Not sure this is a useful argument. If two structures are isomorphic, there is no way to tell them apart. If you can't tell them apart - maybe they are the same thing.
When it comes to group theory, they are the same object. When we talk about things like rotation groups, we're not usually concerned with the way they are represented (much as we don't usually how the real or the complex numbers are constructed, for both of which there exist multiple different constructions).
Not sure this is a useful argument. If two structures are isomorphic, there is no way to tell them apart. If you can't tell them apart - maybe they are the same thing.