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Same. Well, except the Patagonia part.
I didn't find a camera that felt like the right mix of image quality, portability and affordability in the gap between our small travel camera kit (Sony a7c with 2 small primes) and a top end phone.
Better to spend the big money on a phone that will be in my pocket every day.
I bought my first DSLR in 2009. It was a new D40 with kit lens for all of $409.95. There just aren't interchangeable lens cameras available at that price point anymore, which is sad but the market just isn't there :(
Compact comes at a premium too these days.
It's true. Cameras have always been expensive, but even the thin economy of scale is gone with the competition from smartphones. That makes any new camera a premium product.