Drag,
Do you really think that the PC your typing on cost $2K to build? Think again, about a couple hundred bucks tops, Why? Because they rolled the engineering costs into the manufacturing costs.
Why does it costs hundreds of dollars to buy an aftermarket performance chip for a car or truck? The blank device only cost $2, and burning it is pennies. It's the develoment time.
It is always soooo easy to copy someone elses idea.......
Dave