This is a keen observation from that link.
"Products designed for particular uses are generally more effective at those tasks than other products put to non-intended uses. (That is, bug spray might clean glass just fine, but plain old window cleaner is better, cheaper, and safer for that purpose.) "
The same is true for WD40, which is actually a lubricant and a water displacer, and not necessarily for the many "alternative" pleasures hacks find for it. :wink: LOL
I tell what it does do. It does a bang up job at removing latex from polypropylene.