as for the culture issue, I still think it os the reverse of what you are saying. If I buy an AXE FXiii and it faithfully models the amp schematic in theory I have the full amp. That should be a bogger worry and a bogger reason to never need to buy an amp again than the Kemper which only faithfully captures a specific snapshot of an amp or amp plus speaker plus mic(s). Regardless of what people say, the threat to real amps is from modelling if it manages to capture the circuits accurately enough.
But that's not how the culture of the people interpret it. Given, you could probably find tiny examples of some people who think having an Axe III means they never need a proper tube amp ever again, but I find modeling users are more aware that it is a digital model and not an exact replacement (just convenient). It's Kemper users who often talk as though their amps have been replaced because it is a facsimile of an existing setup. The mentalities of the consumer base are quite different in my experience.
Look at the comments on any YouTube video comparing gear (or sometimes not) and you find this weird passionate, tribal battle between the tube and digital factions. Kemper users, more than any others, are vocal in this sort of anti-tube rhetoric. I don't think this dialogue has ingratiated much love from either end of the extremes, which may also be a contributing factor.
). The recording captures the SOUND without any concern for how it is produced. The KPA captures the TONE without any attempt to replicate the way it was originally produced. That's a very significant philosophical difference.
To their credit, they just humour me then stick their crappy apple earbuds in their head and listen to some crap that never had a Marshall Plexi within 100 miles of it.
