Right, they announced they were top of the line, then came up with something better. So they should hold off on selling it? After all, you agree there are things that they could improve on, and they improved on them.
So you want them to not sell better iems if they make them, just so you can deal with it psychologically? Why not just stop looking when you find something you're happy with?
I think this picture has been posted here before, but I know that guy. He was in the gun club I was in when I lived in northern Va. He usually had that on a tripod aimed at his front door. He was one of the folks I knew who worked for the company that put the back door in openssl, and being hired to do that by the FBI turned everyone I knew there kinda paranoid.
Apparently the armorer's manual for that has a comment that says while it's not particularly effective against tanks, it's great for morale.
I tend to work in ongoing projects. If you're working on specific projects that have gaps between them then sure you'd get to take that time off.
Most of the environments I've experienced in the last decade run a bit lean on manpower.
It certainly doesn't match anywhere I've worked. There may be years that you can do it but if you matter to the company it's hard to take much time at all.
I just switched from satellite back to cable. Mostly because I now pay for phone, internet, and all available channels what I used to pay for just internet and phone.
Just make sure you have an up to date time machine backup. It will take hours to turn off firevault, and yah, it's possible, but unlikely, that something could go wrong.
If it is working for you now I wouldn't worry about it. I don't have anything nearly as new as what you use. Rest assured that you haven't mistreated your ssd, however.