You are right, i think that most people think that dumping discs with audio tracks is complicated but it's not! after a couple of dumps to see how the offset "thing" works we are ready to go
I understand the 3DO and the Amiga stuff, but the SAT i can't understand because it was hugely popular back then (at least in here) till 97/98 and then Sony took off (if i recall well, in here, the turning point was the release of DB and FF7).
"Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?"
Well, it may not be that complicated but you can make horribly many mistakes, especially with the gaps (which EAC more often than not fails to detect properly). Furthermore, you'll need a drive capable of overreading - many people probably don't have one.
But anyway, this discussion does not really belong here