One of my point was the following:
"This can easily jeopardize the rest of the trip at both ends (no early trains, booking already done, etc.)"
To get to an airport for an 11.15 am flight, you book in advance (as any wise person would) a cheap non changeable train ticket.
Then you find you have to be at the airport at 5.30 am...
How on earth do you do this on public transport (having already lost your train ticket money).
a) You ask for a refund (thanks for the reminder of the T&Cs) and do not fly, and it costs you money for nothing, or
b) You go to the airport by taxi and it costs you a small fortune...
And the airline CANNOT be held responsible for the consequences of changing their mind? AND do NOT even have to tell you as soon as they made the change? With emails, that is not acceptable IMHO.
As someone said, we are only SLF!!