Ifffff, you know it's bad.
I find sensors sometimes go and you don't realize until whatever it was sensing caused a problem. With oil that would hopefully be a burning smell and not a seized engine.
The average driver never checks there oil between changes, so the sensor vs dipstick argument is moot as far as the average driver.
If someone were that religious and meticulous about their oil levels, they’ll be using the level indicator in the dash frequently, and would realize a sensor failure in a reasonable timeframe, and address it promptly.
Also lets say you keep draining 6 quarts of oil for a change and putting in 7 and you don't burn any.
Without the dip stick after 3 oil changes you will be at 10 quarts of oil and have no idea?
Say what? This is getting ridiculous, and really reaching for those last couple straws.
You drain the engine oil until it’s no longer coming out. It doesn’t matter how many quarts come out. You fill it with 7 quarts, and you now have 7 quarts (plus the minuscule amount that didn’t make it over the drain plug boss in the pan). Pretty simple stuff.
The bottom line is this:
Those that really don’t care for this engine, or the oil level sensor, won’t buy one, and won’t have to worry about any of this (or anything else in this thread for that matter).
Those that do buy this engine, I’m pretty sure they’re not going to have any issues getting oil changes, and keeping an eye on their oil level if they chose to do so.