What baffles me is how this could be cheaper to manufacture than the original design. It was literally just music box tines in the head of the arm, and it was p

What baffles me is how this could be cheaper to manufacture than the original design. It was literally just music box tines in the head of the arm, and it was plucked by the bumps on the rotating record, just like a music box. This new version even contains a silenced music box! How does this make any kind of sense?