It's hard not to take notice how much of a standard you set forth for the Steemit community as a whole. You are always experimenting with your creativity! As far as the content equipment upgrades thing, yes it can be a hassle if not a burden to find ways to budget our passions but you are correct about the adaption makeups, there are plenty of ways to learn from others in spite of what we always had up front... that's not to say don't make wise investments!