“I never would have thought my expressed opinion here was so controversial.”
It’s not, and I agree with you.
I think people are misunderstand the OP as being about the greater discussion of pros/cons of Artscroll (maybe that is what he wants to discuss and we’re misunderstanding).
I was under the impression that he was referring to someone currently in yeshiva. Meaning, it’s not anything like 70% 30%. It’s 100% of the bochrim who are following the rules are not using Artscroll. The question is about a subset of the population, not the whole population. Obviously, Artscroll is a positive when you consider the whole population. We aren’t ignoring the lesser-educated masses out of meanness here, we’re ignoring them because they were not the subject of the question.