Each to their own Petunia.
Very expensive pods, long life milk. I just dont get it. The only advantage I can see over Nespresso is it does Hot Chocolate for the kids. Otherwise its just gathering dust at ours.
And far more financially efficient if you use imitation pods. I don't notice a great difference in taste from the real thing to any of the imitations I've tried, and the financial saving over a year is huge.
Like OP I had decent DeLonghi with frother. Agree great but after a while they leak (had one replaced and second eventually went same way) and preparing then cleaning became a chore.
Then went Tassimo. DO NOT GO NEAR THEM! If you don't want to use cold/no milk, you have to use their longlife...