"As for replacing TMCC functionality with LC+ technology, that seems clearly spoken by a man that doesn't really use the systems, hard to give that opinion much weight. "
And you are utterly and hilariously wrong. I've used TMCC for over 20 years and LC+ since it's been out a few years ago. I have perhaps 30 TMCC locos and 6 LC+ locos. I've also used DCS in the past. So I have an excellent idea of the strengths and weaknesses of these systems. Not everyone who disagrees with you is an idiot .
In other words, I'm a typical long time consumer, not a technophile who is ticked off at Lionel for causing them inconvenience. Consumers and vendors such as you have one set of goals that the other approximately 99% of us do not share.