True, it's very shortsighted of them to not cater to the
wants of < 1% of their consumer base. What are these people thinking by gearing their software towards the
needs of those that buy 500-1,000 units at a time?

Why so aggressive? What's the big deal? Surely it would not hurt you if there was an eco mode switch or better yet a %age throttle setting in the gui which the autotuner would take into consideration when doing its thing.