So your argument is that a raspi 5 is too good of a machine for most use cases? That's a wholley different argument than the "raspi 5 is too expensive for its specs."

I would argue that you can't really speak to people's individual computing needs without knowing what they are.

Im personally using a 5 as a media box with libreelec, and after paying for everything, I'm out $90. That's still $10 cheaper than a roku 4k ultra, and it does everything and much, much more without locking me into a ad-riddled ecosystem on static hardware. That's a great value for money that the $30 SFF options can't compete with.