I think it was some newbie who just didn't know what you were doing and was complaining about all the notifications he/she was getting. As far as I know its only been one person. Defiantly not me though.
I grew up with a beta max. My dad bought one when VHS was coming in and stores were selling them cheap. We got a lot of good movies and blank tapes for cheap. Once we got s VHS player, I learned how to wire them together to transfer the Beta tapes onto VHS tapes.