Re: Who
Well. Don't buy it then.
Any item is only worth as much as someone is willing and prepared to pay for it. If someone wants to pay $13k for a book or $300M on a painting (https://www.jackson-pollock.org/number-5.jsp) then there you go. Likewise you can find a PDF for the manual for free, go to a kindy and get a 5yo to do some finger painting and you can also drive a Mazda in preference to a Rolls Royce if you wish or that's all you can do.
Mind you, I dont want to spend $13k on a manual and if I had $300M I wouldnt spend it on a painting but there you also go.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
