... and it's totally understandable ... real vinyl lovers that extracts the maximum from the format and achieve good results ... well, we're a species in itself
you need to see all the "inconvenience" as a hobby, as something enjoyable ... and mess with antiskating / azimuth / tonearm compliance / headshell materials / plinth isolation / cartridge setup / record cleaning / blah blah ... and be happy doing it
i understand it's not for everyone, and i don't push anyone to that "dark side" (at least to anyone who doesn't want it), but after all that ... hassle? ... the results are very good. There're many using cheap plastic TTs destroying records with dirty conical styluses only following the "analog way" and many others listening more distortion and noise than sound with dirty records / stylus and horrendous configured systems.
Far, far from "plug and play" like a cd player or a streamer. But ... we like it ... and we take an informed decision, many times with better information than a "digital boy only" repeating theoretical mantras without knowledge about the reality in room noise floor, acoustics, recordings, speakers distortion, etc.
Tolerance ... a good quality.