Are you seriously going to sit there and tell me the reason you can't provide evidence of your "superior skill" is because you can't afford or find a microphone? Dude, there's one built into my laptop. How big is your ego that you can't just say "Oh, I was talking shit"? Jesus...
You make some good points regarding how artists sometimes progress too far. I agree his auto-tune and rock stuff is way off base. He's just experimenting, though. I have more respect for a man who fearlessly tries what he wants regardless of public opinion than I do for those who go around spouting negativity about artists who have achieved massive success... just sayin.
If he's anything like some of the more progressive rock artists I listen to, he may very well shift back to what works when he realizes how unappealing his singing is...