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Real use cases/requirements.


Perhaps! My point was that it's quite a large order for the desired price of 0.


Those are just questions. I think the OP would accept the answers "no".


I mean sure he would accept the answer "no", but why even ask the questions in the first place?

That is like going to a used car lot, looking at a car with a tag price of 1000 dollars and asking is it electric, does it have doors that open like wings, does it have level 2 autonomous etc. Sure, you will take no for an answer, but why you be even asking that?


To me those questions are more like; Does it have wheels, do the wheels have tyres, does it have brakes, is it road legal?

Asking about the existence of such things is not a suggestion that they must be provided at that price. It's simply the baseline criteria for some people to want to use it.


>To me those questions are more like; Does it have wheels, do the wheels have tyres, does it have brakes, is it road legal?

Considering the availability of the demanded product at the respective price points, I think that my analogy is much more accurate than yours.

>Asking about the existence of such things is not a suggestion that they must be provided at that price.

Sure, it is up to you to choose what product you want. But you should still have some awareness about the price of that product in the market. If someone offers a car for 5$ on ebay, I am going to assume it is a toy, not the real thing.


> If someone offers a car for 5$ on ebay, I am going to assume it is a toy, not the real thing.

The whole point of the OP's questions is that they didn't want to assume anything! I don't see the harm in asking these types of questions, even if the most likely answer to each of them is "no".


I am not saying that the questions are outright harmful, just supporting another person's remark that "this comment reads really strangely".

There is no harm in asking whether the 1000$ car at the used car dealership comes with cars that open like wings either, but it would sound strange.




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