Its one thing to admit that YQ is here to stay and one might just try to make the best out of what one has. But I can't believe there are apologists who actually defend this practice. Find it weird that people love shelling out money for an "award" seat.
The most ludicrous argument was linking airline profitability to YQ. Yeah the YQ on a handful of seats per plane will swing any airline to profitability. Somehow they all managed to eke a life till YQ was introduced this past decade.