I also don't agree with the assertion, but getting a virtualization environment set up for "normal" development is far more complicated, letting alone getting

I also don't agree with the assertion, but getting a virtualization environment set up for "normal" development is far more complicated, letting alone getting set up with USB, GPIO, or anything else that Raspberry Pi comes with out of the box. Why would anybody care that they're being bought and put in drawers or shelves? The RPi isn't in finite supply, and buying more helps the project overall even if nothing is done with it.