Huh, and yet people do buy RC brand screws, 10 pcs in a bag for 10 euro while you can get a box of 500pcs at the hardware store, RC brand hex screwdrivers for 20 bucks for one while on Amazon you can find those no brand Asian made for 5 bucks, ESC's for 200 dollar while the production costs are also not more than maybe 30 euro, and yet, people buy every year a new one.

Just stop whining, now I think about it, it is probably more that you are forced to buy and use a MyLaps transponder and basically with RC4 you have no other choice. Yes, if you know what is inside the transponder it is probably not more than 10 dollar total production costs (transponder with manual and package) but who cares, there is a lot of development done and there is a lot more behind it like a "free" lifetime recording of the laps. Or do you want a 30 dollar transponder, 20 dollar registration costs and a 40 euro a year subscription for the laps recording? If you treat your transponder well the costs will not be more than 10 dollar a year.