Supply and demand works the opposite of that. When there’s a niche market then things always cost more. It’s why my baddragon velocoraptor dildo cost me my second mortgage.

Yeah everything after 12.04 has pretty much worked for me no problem (on thinkpads). And nowadays I spend all my time on my steam deck.

In my view we’ve been in the linux golden age for years

The lemmy user base is tiny compared to reddit, so the price is higher.

We also seem to be willing to pay it. Personally, I think it’s worth it