Cashflow is a big influence.
Back when I was working in South Africa I couldn't afford things like gxf cards and fancy accelerators. In those days I had to work very long just to get an 030 accelerator for my A1200. I could only afford my A4000T when I came to the UK.
Of course by the time I could afford all the extras, Amiga was well and truly sunk.
It is an expensive hobby, no doubt about it. It is a shame I didn't have money at a time when I could have been more productive with my Amiga than the PeeCee gang was, with their computers. The timing was all wrong. Actually that is a recurring theme with me :lol: