Don't let them old codgers get to ya! I used to hear that crap at your age, and I never learned a darned thing from anyone that said that to me, including my own father. There is a lot you can learn from elders, ones that don't say the previous.
I would agree with what you said, you've cut enough wood by now to know how things work, and it does not take a PhD to learn it.
Stihl oil-o-matic is a good chain that I've had the same results from. The problem with these discussions is that the conditions in which saws are used vary widely, so do users habits, so its apples to oranges in many respects.
I've run Oregon, the local shop gets it by the roll, but they are a long time dealer of Husqvarna as well. It performed well and I got my money's worth out of its performance, but Stihl RS chain just seems to be a little better. I've run a new 455 rancher with H. chain on it, filed same many times, friends saw, and he just sent me a text last weekend on how well it cuts from the last time I sharpened it.... well he may have been in silver maple LOL !
I like Stihl products, just a preference like you say, but the RS chain is a good deal for what you get and if you can avoid metal or dirt/rocks it will dull slowly over time. I can recall a few times when I was able to do that, dull from wood and nothing else, it cut quite a bit and it was unique given that usually its one of the previous that dulls the chain in short order, hidden wire, rocks embedded at the butt etc.
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