I just came across your thread from April. Absolutely agree with you.
Edit - some of my text got lost somehow…
Looking closer to highlight recovery in LR shows always warmer colours in brighter areas. In PL not so much, but midtones become darker. Choose your poison.
Regarding C1: Tried it, but I actually did not find it to be very unintuitive to operate. Initially I wanted to buy C1, but achieved better results with PL quicker. Again, this is not to say Software “A” is better than “B”, but personal preference.
If DXO could just get those sliders to operate more selectively…