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50€ can be literally less than 30 minutes of discussion over the item being bought.

A discussion involves two people, so halve that. A then consider the opportunity cost. A relatively rare 50€ purchase likely isn’t worth any discussion.

Sure, but in the parent example it's more like a 2k-3k license, which makes sense only if you're going to use it regularly.

IDA costs thousands of dollars per seat