Yes, pioneering new tech is rough but that’s pretty different than where we’re at now.

Many people would be ecstatic to build a locost rig that’s a couple generations out of date but even THAT hardware is obscenely priced.
Manfs are literally reviving previous-gen hardware and down-speccing their current offerings to try to ease pricing increases—shit’s fucked.

Edit: Oh and scalpers. Scalpers too.