My tolerant bit is on an individual level. If you feel the need for extreme lighting (as in you [Burton] are an outlier, which you admit to) in your riding, fine. The market currently doesn't cater to you, so you made your own. Fine, I get that. You're in Quebec so I won't be crossing paths with you. Therefore your specific lighting is a non-issue to me. I'm not using outlier as any sort of insult, if a majority felt the way you do, there would be lighting on the market that catered to your needs. There are some HID bicycle lights on the market intended for off road use, they might meet your requirements.

Put your system on the market. See how many you sell.

Around here, there are a lot of cyclists who ride with no lights. Personally I think it is an accident waiting to happen. It is illegal, but because there is apparently no rash of accidents, enforcement is slim to none.

Is it darker now than in the past?