And then there are people who declare anything that inconveniences them to merely be a discardable “chumra”.
And then there are those who “conveniently” forget halacha when it suits them, including entire sections of Choshen Mishpat, but never would be Over the “chumra of the week”.
And then there are those who are serious about being “Lifnim M’shuras Hadin”.
The Tzeddukim were also big Machmirim.
That is why there are Rabbonim, and when someone says their Rav was asked, and they got a P’sak, that should be the end of it.
(disclosure: I don’t own a TV).