Appears to me the fact Linn (and Naim, Cyrus to a degree and others - lot's of outfits have external PSU's/Add On boxes) have defined upgrade paths is attractive and seen as a positive by some buyers/owners, it's what attracted me to Naim and meant I knew what came next climbing up the Classic chain a few years back. Whether you buy the next big thing along the path is a personal choice and I for one don't need saving from myself, it's my dosh to spend and I'm not neurotic or vulnerable just paranoid and belligerent apparently
Whether Linn have pushed their pricing to an unreasonable level these days and appear to be putting corporate profit well ahead of looking after their existing customer base and offering decent vfm while maintaining reasonable profit levels is open to debate, no idea what the margins are and again nobody is forced to buy an LP12. One thing is evident all HiFi RRP pricing is going up by significant amounts at the moment, some crazy % rises - same in IT Microsoft 365 is getting bumped by 10's of % points think some licences are going up 40% next month.