Tbh I'm finding the self-congratulatory cynicism in this thread pretty irritating too...
The whole business seems like a storm in a teacup, hopefully the whole thing will be forgotten about fairly soon and we can get back to business as usual.
I've stopped reading it. The way some of the complaints have been written have been even more pretentious than the actual original that seems to have worked them up into such a typing frenzy.
I find it hard to understand how people are capable of getting so worked up over a forum, seems like an element of transference and it's always the same people who seem to think the world owes them.
Anyway, I picked up the new Pangaea and Brackles/Shortstuff, some great releases coming out these days, and 3 new Hyperdubs soon.