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I am probably in agreement with you.
I hate the infant car seats for the same reasons. But I do own one. I bought a graco evo travel system and apart from the car seat, love it!
The pram is really big and sits on the chassis at a slight upright angle; a little bit like the cots in hospitals. My daughter was still using the pram at 7 months for snoozes and an overnight stay at a hotel.
The pushchair can be used from birth as it is almost a complete lie-back. Again, nice and long and now aged 14 months, we still have at least another years use. (Shopping basket is huge!)
Came with the car seat. Up until using it, I never had an issue. In fact, the graco snugsafe was in the top 10 best infant car seats for car crash safety by Which! But I hated it as did my daughter. For a start, she was too upright and never comfortable. The straps were too wide over her tiny shoulders and the gaps between the different shoulder strap holes were too wide apart which even at 5lbs, the shortest setting was too small (?!?!?) and next ones up meant she was too small. She screamed when she went into it!
I got it because it was a lot easier to lift out the seat from the isofix base and put it straight onto the chassis. It was used for; school run, quick trip to the shop, groups, friends etc as she was out of it as soon as we got to groups and friends. If we were going shopping all day or to a festival etc, we took the pram/pushchair and the lillebaby baby carrier.
I think if I could do it again (which I am not) I would rather get an ERF car seat and 'put up' with the constant 'in and out' with the pram or lillebaby (latter being far easier!) or get a lie-down carrier than Britax and Jane do. This time round i have found that car seats are not all that accommodating and best for a newborn's growing anatomy.
I dare say that like the new i-size rules and the booster seat rule in December 2016, rules will change again to insist that newborns lay flatter than they normally do at the moment, in the near future.
But in answer to your original question; yes, you are being judgy BUT you, like everyone else, is entitled to an opinion, BUT I think you're in the minority for having a hatred for them. I don't hate them; they are NOT killers (more babies survive than die) but nevertheless, you have some valid points that everyone needs to think about and then make judgements based upon their PERSONAL circumstances.
Don't think you are going to change the world with this one! 