I personally find the OED just as useful as many of the people commenting here to defend it. I am interested in the content and it's something I would be happy to own and occasionally consult. (Though not to purchase.)

But unlike most everyone here, I'm acknowledging that the value I get from the OED is purely entertainment value, not utility.

I'll note also that it obviously cannot be true that "many, many people" find the OED useful, as the total number of people who access the OED more than a couple of times a year is less than "many, many".

> I'll note also that it obviously cannot be true that "many, many people" find the OED useful, as the total number of people who access the OED more than a couple of times a year is less than "many, many".

I don't access an optometrist more than once a year.

I find optometry very, very useful to me. Frequency of access and value derived from a thing have no necessary relationship.

> But unlike most everyone here, I'm acknowledging that the value I get from the OED is purely entertainment value, not utility.

The premise of this comment is that everyone must agree with it (they just aren't admitting it). I'm sure there's a word for that ...

The premise of the comment is that it is true for almost everyone, not that they realize it's true.