Your comment comes with a very big assumption that the trivial amount of money you spend really serves your needs and that all marketing material is true and co

Your comment comes with a very big assumption that the trivial amount of money you spend really serves your needs and that all marketing material is true and comprehensive. When you buy something and then realize it’s not really solving your problems, then you might apply the same calculation, buy another tool based on some marketing copy, be disappointed and then finally come to a “let me research this space better before throwing money at undeserving people and services” mode. I’m not saying this is how it will always play out. But those who do spend some time researching and trying things out aren’t quite stupid either. I would also contest your claim that a lot of the HN audience makes $200K a year. I’d wager that it’s a lot lesser.