I feel you, but also having been on the other side of things (worked for a hardware startup in the AR space), whoo boy is hardware hard. From the side of the m

I feel you, but also having been on the other side of things (worked for a hardware startup in the AR space), whoo boy is hardware hard. From the side of the manufacturer, all the things you mentioned are a form of risk mitigation and demand forecasting. It's likely a fatal, company ending mistake to build 5x too many in your initial run. So, while I'm not a huge fan of such activities, I am a HUGE fan of the devices and creativity they enable as otherwise we just wouldn't see this kind of stuff.