But their great lens, which you grudgingly acknowledge, makes them one of the greatest tiny 35s ever made. When I bought my Minox 35GL in about '80, my main camera was a Leica M3 with a Summicron 35. While we both know that the Minox lens isn't as good as the Summicron 35, in actual real-world situations, it usually performed as well. I dearly love that Minox, and I still use it. The Minox 35 user is just another idiot tourist with a trashy little camera taking snaps that probably won't even come out.
Nobody ever cares.
They're all built like throw-aways with optics to match. My personal theory of cameras is that a camera is, first and foremost, a lens with stuff on it for exposing film. I know that the point and shoots are designed so any fool can take decent pictures, but in actual fact, I find the opposite to be true. Most of what I get out of a point and shoot is junk, pictures ruined by lousy focus, lousy exposure or both. The disappearance of the battery for which older Minox 35s were designed isn't a problem.