There's a very significant difference in meaning between "I vow to never purchase anything (free or paid) from the MAS ever again", and "I will prefer to get things direct-sale when I can". And you must know that, or you wouldn't have chosen the more dramatic "vow" statement. If you really meant what you said when you used the word "vow", then stand by your statement. If you didn't, then admit that you actually meant something else. But dismissing my argument as a mere complaint over "wording" is disingenuous.
Where am I saying "when I can"? I'm not going to get apps from the Mac App Store again, period. It will not be very difficult to do this, because I don't need to.
But please, continue telling me how my statement about my own actions is "absurd" based on your opinion of the situation.