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Compared to some forms of entertainment, $180 for a few hours isn't that bad. A flight in a small plane would run you way more than that.

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See my point about rich nerds. If you are okay with spending a couple hundred bucks on something which you may throw away after a few hours – great, it's a fun quirky device made just for you. 99.9% of the planet does not fall into that demographic, however.

Yeah, it's definitely a thing for a particular group.

Then again, I suspect many raspberry pis meet the same fate; bought and played with for a few hours and then left to collect dust in a drawer somewhere.

>99.9% of the planet does not fall into that demographic, however.

to be pedantic, 0.1% of the planet is 8 million. There aren't a lot of non-essential products selling 7.92 billion of anything so this is an unreasonable bar.

(and yes, I have no regrets being pedantic to a comment that comes down to "remember that you are a niche").

If anything, flying is more akin to torture than entertainment...

I think the parent was referring to a private plane that you pilot. 180 would about cover the expense of fuel for the hour.

Yup, even if you never want to get a license you could spend $180 or so on an introductory flight or two for fun.

WARNING: you will get addicted and end up spending $15-20k on a license.

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