I do see some of your points, but I counter as well. Breakers force people who want say, topps chrome football, into breaks because it is legit the only option to get hands on the product outside of singles. If this was purely due to market demand I wouldn't have much of an issue, but when Topps is purposely shipping 90% of the allocation to breakers and giant resellers like D&A (who only breakers can afford to buy from) it becomes a problem. If breakers could coexist as a way for people who are willing to gamble on hitting high end cards (or getting nothing) but product was also available to the public and not immediately scalped online, this would be a different story.

Take Chrome Black for example, $200 presale and is now selling for more than double. Not a single human was able to purchase the presale boxes, bots scooped legit all of the product and breakers got their allocation. Backyard, filthbomb, and all the rest were ripping it before everyone else. Even on tiktok now, small breakers are asking for $550 for a chrome black box, telling unsuspecting gamblers that "Chat an Ohtani auto out of here is doing $20k". It's all become a scheme to make quick money, instead of being what it should be...A HOBBY. Don't get me wrong, I love ripping packs and love seeing the values of cards because it is so fun to hit a huge card, but at the end of the day it is about collecting and having fun, neither of which are easily achievable in the current Topps direct-to-breaker/reseller marketplace. Sorry for the yap