Friday rant: The future of Canon RF and 3rd party lenses

PhotoKhan wrote:

Every now and then, I take a pause from using my almost magically-competent, performing and engaging Canon RF gear - an experience that almost touches perfection - and drop by threads like this one to have a good laugh.

I am always left wondering: Is it more tragic that people will never know what they could be benefiting from or that they seem so unsatisfied and frustrated with what they use that they have to start this kind on nonsensical, sad, sad "discussions"?

PK

That's a sweeping oversimplification and a rather laidback generalization. We cannot polarize people here into "frustrated" versus "making do with what I have."

All of us here are actively using Canon gears and have likely sank a good amount of money on such. Asking Canon to be more liberal about third-party lenses is not expressing frustration. It is elevating a request to a level where we might get heard.

It's not different from users here sharing bugs or glitches, that eventually get addressed via firmware updates.

What's troubling is such labeling, the generalization thrown at people asking for more from Canon, as if the only acceptable demeanor here is to behave and sing praises at Canon and megaphone the quest for progress versus perfection - or one belongs to the frustrated lot.

Satisfied customers complain, btw. I am on Platinum in one of Asia's best airlines. They upgrade me to business class or first class and sometimes, the online entertainment system does not work, or the seat reclining motor is noisy, or the reading lamp is broken. The best customer service companies make mistakes too. One would assume such minor items are thoroughly checked before take off, in a fairly new A350. When I call for the Purser to be reseated, does that mean I am frustrated and that doing so is automatically tragic?

Magically competent oozes fanaticism, for sure.