I can accept all of those things. I just don’t know why you’re asking us to on this particular forum. What brings you to AudioScienceReview?I really would love to know why you are frustrated about how other people decide to buy consumer products. What's it to you? How does it affect your life? Do you worry about how people choose to buy the consumer products?
My wife buys air freshener sticks at CostCo for £5. There is an up-market retail chain that sells exactly the same product, in the same box, for £50. If I got frustrated about things like that I'd never have time to sleep. My wife is just happy she pays £5 and not £50, if other people want to £50, then great, not her problem.
Can you not accept that lots of people don't want to study electronic engineering to any level, but have no problem distinguishing what they do and don't like when listening to a sound reproduction system? My wife, who chose most of our audio system with me, has never studied any science and is barely numerate (although she is a highly qualified and respected therapist and is fluent in 6 languages). Should she be allowed to buy a stereo system? You might as well say people should not be allowed to go on holiday to France unless they speak French.
Can you not accept that people can make these decisions for themselves without reading other peoples' opinions in reviews and on forums, and without reading any of the marketing literature?
Can you not accept that some of us are not bothered if we buy something and a new model comes out, or several new models, as long as what we have continues to work, and take a very long-term view to hifi ownership, with no interest in short-term trends?