Yeah I see that, but also maybe it means that the fact you have to be medicated to deal with the system highlights some inherent deficiencies in the system itself?
Not everybody is fanatical about it. Some of us prefer open source software, but practically speaking wont use software that is straight up inferior. "What are the benefeits of this product over this other product" is always a valid question, and needs a better answer than "because it's open source." At least for me.
I'm not saying that cherry tree is inferior software, btw. I used it for like 5 years and loved it.
The apology link was worth the initial frustration.