This echoes critiques I hear elsewhere, and so gets the same response: so what? What about that statement (1) doesn't apply to another election system and (2) isn't expected as part of a normal experience when voting among multiple candidates? Only one person will win anyway, so disappointment about the outcome actually seems like the wrong focus vs eg satisfaction that you got to represent your preferences fairly.
This also is addressed by the point that what you describe is the most complicated part of approval voting. But I'd argue that that is way less of an issue than the current spoiler effects we see in FPTP and RCV, since that is the limit of how complicated your choice can get in practice, whereas with other systems there's much deeper dynamics with respect to tactical voting.
This also is addressed by the point that what you describe is the most complicated part of approval voting. But I'd argue that that is way less of an issue than the current spoiler effects we see in FPTP and RCV, since that is the limit of how complicated your choice can get in practice, whereas with other systems there's much deeper dynamics with respect to tactical voting.