On the contrary! I am an avid AK fan and owner. I could talk about AK's plenty and so could others.Sadly, it does not look as though people are wanting to discuss the merits of the AK after all.
I have an SAR-1 I bugged my dad to buy at a gun show back in like 2002 when I was about 12-13; really glad I did and that I still have it. Grand total back then was $330, and they probably go anywhere from about $1,200-$1,500 today. Only thing I wish it had that it doesn't is a threaded barrel but otherwise it's a near perfect copy of an AKM.I don’t have a ton of AK experience beyond my father-in-law having owned a ban-era MAK-90 (complete with thumbhole stock) and, later, my ownership of a Romanian SAR-1. Both were robust and just never quit / hiccuped, no matter how hard they were run.
The whole AK family has my respect.