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The diarrhea analogy still stands.

Two restaurants:

One serves random food at random times. It's $80/plate and each plate is going to be 30-50% diarrhea. The bill has at least 20% unexplained markup.

The other serves whatever is on the menu all the time. It's $10/plate and each plate is diarrhea free.

A more accurate analogy would be

One restaurant that serves only one dish a day and there's always a 30 minute line. You have to purchase a monthly pass to eat there.

The other has no wait and a menu that rotates slowly over the year. You have to purchase a monthly pass to eat there.

Each is comparable in quality of food.