Yes, they spend tens of millions of dollars designing and building machines they don’t want people to buy, just so they can make a couple hundred more dollars on a different machine. And if the M3 outsells the Pro because most people don’t want to spend $200 for benefits they don’t need, well, that’s, hey, look over there!
Some people care about gaming and doing work / homework. Steam Deck is not a great option for them.
If money’s no object, obviously a steam deck for portable gaming, an M3 Max for productivity / engineering, and a gaming PC with 4090 is the way to go.
With Garmin you pay €19.99 for this per month
With Garmin you pay ~$20/mo for a very different service. I use inreach to send and receive text messages to family when I’m offroading. I can send them locations I’m at, casual chats, and check in that I’m OK.
I fully expect Apple to offer these same things soon, but for now inReach has a different value prop that’s a lot better.
They design their pricing structure to have a compelling offering at a series of price points??? Have you called the police?