yup that was my kneejerk too, literally the definition of 'middleman' the only counter-point I have is when I used to sell demonstration boards: they cost me a

yup that was my kneejerk too, literally the definition of 'middleman' the only counter-point I have is when I used to sell demonstration boards: they cost me almost nothing to produce and I designed them in minutes, but people who bought them said I saved them R&D time in the long run (open source)