Exactly m8, today I've come across this personally, we had a truck drive come into my works, he had all sorts of avation related stickers adorning his cab so we naturally got talking about all things "planes". When I mentioned simming the SF series came up as being "buggy and needing constant patches" his words not mine.
I tried to put him straight but he gave me the impression that no matter how good SF is [or could be] it's not worth the effort. Very sad.
That is exactly the reputation TK does not need & no matter how, we the modders try to make our stuff simple to install etc, if it spoils the game for the non PC savvy public
it can only eventually have a negative effect.
Maybe it's time for us to back off on some issues & treat this for what it is & not what we want it to be.......work with TK & not against him.