Yea this; it’s the same reason why mortgaging is cheaper than renting
Except one day the hype will catch up to reality that was always true, people will realize their $20,000 Mac is has less utility as a "way to learn AI" than some kids 3090 fortnite machine, and it'll be back to below MSRP.
This is far from a universal truth: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/upshot/buy-rent-cal...
Real estate is only a clearly good investment if you ignore opportunity cost.