Te mortuo heres tibi sim?
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i've broken plenty of shimano and sram rears. more shimano, than sram, and i've used sram stuff for far longer overall. go for whichever feels better to you shifting. go test ride a few bikes that have the different systems if you can. buying something you've tried yourself might help more than just getting opinions on a forum board.
fyi: the part that TJ is talking of on the 7.0 and 9.0 stuff? the upper knuckles? they are no longer made of their plasticy stuff. alu now. the lower link still is, and they are fine.
the movement issue of the mech is fairly a non-issue, unless you do have a bike that it would pivot enough upwards on to hit the chainstay. mostly on some fsr style four bar bikes. for those, if you have that problem, the sram seems a better choice.
personal opinion: i far and above prefer the shifting and feel of sram stuff over shimano, hands down. running x-9 on two bikes.