You have to know there’s a difference between discontinuing physical sales for unclear reasons and never offering them at all.

They’re basically filling in that market for entry level tech knowledge and enthusiasts that used to be occupied by CNET and Tom’s Hardware when written articles were king.

They redid that challenge and it went much differently. In fact, Linus may now be a Linux convert.

Having a pre-calibrated profile from someone else with the same model is better than nothing. A second-hand colour probe is not easily available in all regions, and buying a new one for use maybe twice a year isn’t a worthwhile investment for most people since they’re only useful for monitors, not TVs. Especially now when OLED monitors are more common, and those require even more expensive colorimeters.

Decades ago when things weren’t available for purchase easily in many parts of the world but they still wanted to get their hands on that product.