OffRoaderX

There is no way to know, because irregardlessly of what one particular untrustworthy pathological mythomaniac keeps telling us stories about, the FCC does not publish information on complaints.
I could imagine that in some areas there are complaints, but whether its 1 complaint or 10,000 complaints, it does not matter as the FCCs public record on enforcement shows that, up until now at least, they execute near-zero GMRS related enforcement actions.

Can you name those parts of the country, and specify who decided it "was" a problem and spiraling out of control?

No, i think it offends his autistic OCD anytime someone does not follow every.. single..rule..ever..written..anywhere...

Yes.. TWO different cities, miles from each other.. Both were terrible and frustrating experiences and in the end, nothing was accomplished - imagine trying to deal with the biggest and worst HOA ever assembled...
Hopefully YOUR town is better.

Yes.. TWO different cities, miles from each other.. Both were terrible and frustrating experiences and in the end, nothing was accomplished - imagine trying to deal with the biggest and worst HOA ever assembled...
Hopefully YOUR town is better.

First the earth cooled. And then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they all died and they turned into oil. And then the Arabs came and ...

Yup.. I got 38W IIRC, then 5 minutes later, it died.
.....save the box...

i just made a video about Scientology so obviously i don't care about my reputation, but I dont want another one of those electronic abortions of a repeater.

There are technical differences, but I have never observed any actual, real-world difference - in the real-world, they both do the job just fine.
also, FYI, I have owned/used virtually every GMRS radio manufactured since ~2017 and I do not recall ever seeing one that does not support DPL/DTC/DCS tones.  Not saying those radios do not exist, but if they do, they are very old, very rare, or, both.

Yes, several.

Yes, several.

There are technical differences, but I have never observed any actual, real-world difference - in the real-world, they both do the job just fine.
also, FYI, I have owned/used virtually every GMRS radio manufactured since ~2017 and I do not recall ever seeing one that does not support DPL/DTC/DCS tones.  Not saying those radios do not exist, but if they do, they are very old, very rare, or, both.

Depends on the repeater/repeater owner.. It could take anywhere from 5 minutes to never.

i just made a video about Scientology so obviously i don't care about my reputation, but I dont want another one of those electronic abortions of a repeater.

I don't think so. For the monies, I would expect much higher build-quality (ie; no wobbly knobs), MUCH better software, and far more features like channels, more customization, etc. 
Not enough bangs for the bucks.

Sounds exactly like something an elitist H.A.M. would say...

Yah, it's an elite group...

In order to get FCC Part 95 type acceptance, all GMRS radios do that.  It's not 'weird', it's how it is supposed to be.

In order to get FCC Part 95 type acceptance, all GMRS radios do that.  It's not 'weird', it's how it is supposed to be.

What about when I said your beard was sexy?!

In order to get FCC Part 95 type acceptance, all GMRS radios do that.  It's not 'weird', it's how it is supposed to be.

In order to get FCC Part 95 type acceptance, all GMRS radios do that.  It's not 'weird', it's how it is supposed to be.

That's just because you want me to respond to all the DMs that you keep sending me there, but I already told you, i'm not interested.

Yah, it's an elite group...

That's just because you want me to respond to all the DMs that you keep sending me there, but I already told you, i'm not interested.