The truth is every manufacturer needs to tend to the bean counters.... look at Porsche more than 60% of their sales are cayenne and Macans....
https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/comp...ord-13310.html
The issue is though that Porsche is still keeping true to its racing heritage by offering "gifts" such as the gt3 or type r.... BMW isn't this is why folks are annoyed especially when they are charging close to 150USD for this thing. Like many said if they priced this at 100k you would not have these reviews....it would be ok and considered revolutionary for that.
This phenomenon which value based payment is happening everywhere even in healthcare ..... it's about BMW woke up and realized this. I agree with Chris ..... get the m3 or m4 or m2 and skip the GTS it's not worth the "value" for the price increase---- that's all this review is saying ultimately.