I agree somewhat, but the one advantage to those stupid break-off pins you have to use with Shimano is that you can tell where you broke the chain before, and never break the same place twice. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link, so if it's been broken once, it has a "compromised" location already. But yes, I wouldn't just break and reattach a chain willy nilly... but I also don't tangle my chains either.