I'm of the mindset that I worry about my own stuff. If anyone's gonna rip loose from their blow hole about morality or anything else they wish to judge me on, they can kindly suck it. If you're not making my meals, paying my bills or giving me a happy ending your opinion is irrelevant. I have some authentic, some clones. I don't worry about whether or not a clone performs as well as the original, I judge it based on its performance period. Does it work well? Does it give good flavor (subjective and according to my own opinion which is all that matters)? Was it worth the price? It's not like I push others to buy one or the other, it's their money and judgement.
A perfect example is my manta rta. It's not a full out clone though very similar to the reload. Many reload fans. That's cool. The manta isn't better than the reload, however I enjoy it and while people paid $70+ for the reload I paid around $26 shipped for the manta with the straight glass, bubble glass and 2 spare bubble glass. Instead of spending $70 on the reload, I paid 26 $for the rta, around $26 or $27 shipped for the ipv eclipse, $6.50 a piece for my sony vtc6's and the remaining $5 or $6 covered a bag of japanese cotton that will last me 2yrs. I'm good with that.
Just like picking up a couple rda clones that give me good flavor for $15-20 total instead of paying $100 for authentics. Sure it's only $80 but not only have I had a couple enjoyable rda's that I personally like regardless of what name they are, that $80 paid for my garden the past 2yrs. I looked and looked, but the csmnt description didn't include an entire summer's worth of veggies (400-500lbs conservatively). Would be cool if it did though. lol. Worth is a personal calculation. (Did I mention the veggies are authentic? hahaha)