Most of us M.E. users also use it in conjunction with brushes and/or gel cleaners - all 3 in my case (I have both the Onzow and DS Audio gels). There is no "schmutz" to be accumulated unless you’re doing this totally wrong. Long bristle brushes should be used at multiple angles/approaches, and up & around the cantilever too. Use your head, guys. And if you rotate-scrub correctly with the M.E. it never exceeds or even approaches the lateral/snag forces your stylus already sees by say, being cued into a lead-in groove or running into the end of a lead-out (the M.E. is far more compliant than a vinyl groove too, so it absorbs a lot of any lateral forces). The fear mongering over this stuff is hilarious to see.
Styli can fall out on their own due to normal use. It’s part of the wear and tear inherent to vinyl playback, combined with sometimes less than decent designs & implementations (or a bad sample). I posit that if an M.E. or gel cleaner eats a stylus from a simple dip, then it wasn’t the M.E. or gel’s fault. It was caused by a defective cartridge or prior damage, finally manifesting in failure. That stylus was likely a GONER anyways on the next LP. So anecdotal tales of M.E. / Onzow eating a stylus are only good for an "lol" reaction for me.
Styli can fall out on their own due to normal use. It’s part of the wear and tear inherent to vinyl playback, combined with sometimes less than decent designs & implementations (or a bad sample). I posit that if an M.E. or gel cleaner eats a stylus from a simple dip, then it wasn’t the M.E. or gel’s fault. It was caused by a defective cartridge or prior damage, finally manifesting in failure. That stylus was likely a GONER anyways on the next LP. So anecdotal tales of M.E. / Onzow eating a stylus are only good for an "lol" reaction for me.