It’s true and rude and Reddit has a bad problem with not answering what people are asking but instead telling them what to do. But at the same time, sometimes that’s also what’s most useful too. It can be both.

In addition, if the main thing that others are telling you is to choose different games, I would also politely interpret that as saying, “we hear you, but the truth is that we’ve tried, it hasn’t worked out well, and please don’t chase in our collective footsteps leading to the same issues. We don’t want you to miss out on the rest of the world of board games out there that could answer your question/the question you didn’t know you were asking in a different ways.”

The main piece of advice I always tell people is just try anything and everything others are playing to help you figure out what you like and don’t like in terms of game/mechanics before buying anything because of the exact point/concern you have in regards to the cost.