You are right on all counts. I don't think Blogger was meant for the pros anyway. I started with Blogger, and then once I tasted Wordpress, I don't think I want to look back.
I am sure that if Google wanted, they could have made it world class - better than wordpress et. al.

But that is not the plan, or design or scheme of things. So move on!
-Des
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