I suspect there is some effect where people are primed to have positive impressions of things they spent a lot of money on. Not to say no one would have enjoye

I suspect there is some effect where people are primed to have positive impressions of things they spent a lot of money on. Not to say no one would have enjoyed it in a blind test. But I think some fraction will be predisposed to enjoy it to justify their decision. I've heard plenty of first hand accounts from people that didn't like it also. Benn Jordan's video on the subject is the most comprehensive treatment I've seen.