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Yes, people will pay for the "experience". I can choose to eat a hamburger or a steak ... or down some protein drinks or protein pills. Each offers a variant means of getting protein. I can cook the meat myself or I can go to a restaurant ... and the restaurant can vary by a country mile.
But, the experience of being waited on at a fast food chain vs. a 5 Star restaurant vs. self-serving in the backyard are different experiences, and have different costs associated with delivery of that experience.
One can get a cat from the shelter, visit the zoo or go on safari. Different experiences.
Driving a clunker, a Camry or a Ferrari. Different experiences.
From a very pragmatic perspective, one may see the range of experience options as being excessive, vs. the mere need of food / fuel or transportation.
Cutting your steak with a dull, ragged sawtooth blade is a different experience from using a finely honed blade. One is an exercise that induces aggravation. The other can be a joy in precision. Two different experiences. Cumulative aggravation vs. cumulative joy ... hmmm, think about the value proposition of that for a moment. 
People embrace and make choices about what it is they want to experience and how they want to embrace such choices. I'm not keen on the vernacular of "vomit" about the Leica thing ... but, I will acknowledge that for those who are aspiring to be the most pragmatic perspective as possible, they are intentionally making a decision that restricts the range of experience they are willing to undertake. No problem, that's everyone's prerogative.
Some folks will NEVER spend the $$$ to go on a Safari. They see it as an exploitive excess. That's fine. I get that some folks will NEVER spend the $$$ on Leica. They see it as a pretentious excess. I get that. Ummm, I used to feel that way, too. However, after being "talked into" considering to try a Leica ... I did.
Took me a minute to get a feel for it. Wasn't an immediate thing. In my mind, I kept wondering why folks were so earnest about it. For me, there was never this ... OMG, this thing is so amazing. So, I hung in there with it. Then, came the next one, and then another lens / body, etc. Now, when I "go back" to some other things, those differences are more noticeable.
AND Yet ... I acknowledge that there are some differences that the other things have (most notably to the discussion of SL3-P improving upon those deltas), but it also cuts both ways that the Leica has some things the others do not. For Leica, it seems they are very interested in the HMI aspect of experience. In some regard, it reminds me of Apple's emphasis on certain things. This can be found across numerous product genre's (i.e. watch, clothes, cars, bicycles ... pretty much, you name it) where different manufacturer's give different levels of credence to the experience.
Wearing a burlap sackcloth is a different experience from cashmere. Personally, I'm more of a cotton / wool guy ... but, have recently learned that performance athletic wear offers a different experience when I'm on the court than my traditional cotton T's. $$$ is more. Marketing of my chosen brand is more. But, the experience (not of marketing, but actual product use) is different. Prior to being gifted some of this performance wear, I would have never bought one for myself ... owing to the (ignorance base of non-experienced) perspective that it was largely marketing and that natural fiber would breathe better.
Short answer, until I actually spent enough time wearing it, and then reverting to cotton (my former choice of preference), did I come to understand the difference in experience ... it weighs less than when a cotton T is soaking wet vs. readily evaporative. It sags less because it retains less water. And, ultimately I stay cooler, and less fatigued from the additional sweat load. If I weren't on the court for hours of play in heat, I'd not experience the diff ... iow, for regular daily wear ... the experience diff doesn't reveal itself as much. Put it through the paces, and the diff's become more evident.
Now, while I do have to save my pennies a bit to afford my next "performance" T ... well, the experience is different, and I'm willing to pay for that experience. Both will cover my blazenly white belly, so I don't blind folks.  The experience of wearing athletic attire is different, and one that I poo-poo'd as excess in times past. Now, not so much, as I've come to appreciate the experience.
Bottom line ... people will pay for what they desire to experience. For Leica shooters ... while the store (not everyone has readily available access) is an experience in its own manner, the experience of shooting with Leica gear has its influence on their decision to do so. That's not something posted in a spec sheet. And, it's not something that everyone will desire / embrace. Sewing with a Bernina and sewing with an old Singer vs. a new Singer are different experiences. All can sew. But, the sewing experience of using each is different. Folks will pay for the (difference) in experience. Everyone has their own temperament for such things.
As to the SL3-P ... I'll continue to learn the Panny S1R II. If / when the time comes that I get "fed up with" certain aspects of the Panny, I'm aware that the antidote to cumulative aggravation may be found in the SL3-P. The $$$ cost of aggravation elimination may seem excessive, but the cost of lost joy may be even greater. I'll give the Panny a ride for a while, we'll see how it shakes out in the end ... but, I won't be surprised if down the road, the SL3-P is in, and the Panny is out.
We'll see.
YMMV
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