Okay since you prefaced this with a “change my mind” I’ll try. I pretty much agree with what you said about the different optics so it’s not much of a dissent.
But to address the dot size recommendations…
I think that it’s okay to make dot size recommendations based on the assumption that people have not fucked up vision and to say “if you have fucked up vision this may not apply to you.”
Just like normal visual standards of beauty would have a different emphasis to someone who couldn’t see... but for most seeing folks there are some general trends of beauty with symmetry, etc.
Small dots sometimes don’t get bright enough depending on the manufacturer and can be hard to pick out dynamically in bright sunlight. So for pure action, small may be a detriment.
Similarly, the larger / closer the target the more advantage a larger reticle has. Like for 10 yards and in, a 32 MOA works great for super rapid acquisition and makes a small window into a virtual larger window as you can track with the center dot off the window by virtue of the 32 MOA ring.
So everything is a compromise. Out to 50 yard A zones I’ll still prefer 5-7 MOA for the compromise. And use the top of the dot (or bottom of the dot depending on the ammo ballistics) at distance for precision.
But with the caveat that non-seeing people might have a different experience.
Okay, not really earth shattering since I pretty much agree with you.
My EPS carry has some of the worst parallax out of any of my optics. So I’m hoping I got a bad one… but that’s something I’m going to pay closer attention to in the future.