[Addendum 2]
Up to a point, it's interesting and beneficial to examine how a situation like this comes about. How does an item of snake oil like this 3rd party workaround come into existence and get to be distributed and promoted, and yet take so long to be objectively recognised for what it actually is - an inferior piece of junk?
The well-being, productivity and development of any community who use and deal with technical products and technical matters in their everyday endeavours, depends very much on the qualities of truthfulness, objectivity and intellectual integrity in communications between and conduct of members of the community. Indeed modern science and engineering became what they are today by virtue of these qualities.
Unfortunately, even today we still find a tiny minority who do not (typically because they cannot) adhere to these virtuous ways which are the hallmark of good technological development and usage. For example, these unwholesome few favour mendacious self-serving narrative above objectivity. When everything is going well they exhibit plenty of fake friendliness and civilised 'niceness'. But the worst and most destructive part of it is, they readily use lies, projection, gaslighting, smear tactics, trolling, pity-plays, etc, etc, in their efforts to protect, preserve, propagate and promote their narratives in the face of any and all criticism.
There is no remorse, humility or shame to be found in these toxic types. Unless it serves a cunning purpose, they never accept responsibility or accountability for any wrongdoing; they'll always try to blame others. In their mendacious narratives, so-called "optics" are the principal concern rather than substance, objectivity or crucial facts. This is nothing new, but in today's world it is astonishing to discover it in play in technical matters, where empiricism has ruled for centuries. (The convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is a notorious recent example.)
For these toxic few, reality is indeed "an aggression", because it threatens to upset their dysfunctional optic narratives about themselves and their activities. And then they so readily play the victim, inviting pity while busily projecting their own vices onto the 'perpetrator' of such 'aggression'. Sadly but obviously, such individuals are not suited to any technological endeavour.
There's no need for me to analyse this particular case any further. Many of us here have already seen the incredible doubling down on obvious technical untruth in the face of hard objective evidence to the contrary (e.g. "the volume control is linear", lol), by the individual involved. And his trolling, smearing, deflection, projection, 'victimhood', etc, have been in play in several controversies here and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, yet more realities await us. The technical underpinnings of our musical endeavours will no doubt continue to distract us sometimes and perhaps become a thorn in our side. But we persevere. We know that "fake it 'til you make it" is not the way for us. And we know that science and engineering are far too strong to be even dented by a toxic few who desperately need their self-serving interests and narratives to prevail above all.