... and I'm absolutely aware of what git can do. I'm not making an uninformed choice here, I know the fun things git can do, and I'm sure if I switched to git,

... and I'm absolutely aware of what git can do. I'm not making an uninformed choice here, I know the fun things git can do, and I'm sure if I switched to git, I'd probably spend all day playing with its awesome features, then I'd probably write a blog post proclaiming how awesome it is. Or, I could just continue using svn which perfectly fits my use case and does everything I need it to do. As I say, it stays out of my way and doesn't take any of my time up. You seem to assume everyone uses revision control in exactly the same way and that everyone has exactly the same needs/pain points/etc