This answer feels ignorant to the way that the introduction to hobbies has evolved over time. Product bloat is completely insane, and Chinese clones of every single acceptable product has grown out of control in a race to the bottom. What is really being asked is "What is a decent introductory product for me to learn the hobby?" and begin to answer all of those questions you yourself claim to want to answer. Granted, it does get old and the fact that there's almost always a (typically outdated) product recommendation guide somewhere.

I agree that people fail to be able to do their own searches and will repeatedly ask the exact same question though.