• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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      It was in the 1000s a few years ago. That was “professional level”, not “rich people shit”, because it can be a useful investment.
      Now, it’s "enthusiast level; affordable enough for interested people to play around with it, and cheap enough that you can let it rot in a drawer after losing interest.
      What you want is probably “cheap e-waste” level.

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      I would call that enthusiast level rather than rich person. It’s not more than a decent drone or camera or many other technology hobbies. Less than half the price of a ps5 or meta quest 3.

      Sure, you could argue it probably has less function and replay value than those. But it’s still not ludicrously expensive if you REALLY want it.

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        How much use cases would those have? Like it seems like a tool but you gotta use something like a same priced power tool quite a lot to make it worth the price

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          9 hours ago

          I’m watching someone on YouTube renovating an old house and they use it to make out places that leak heat and need better insulation.

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          I have a crap ton of things I really want but would never choose to spend the money on myself and wait for it as a gift. That’s basically the entire point of gifts imo, getting things you want but can’t justify spending the money on.