I said TO ME. I keep and have kept normal phase balls and beardies, and love them.
The general public, herpkeeping public or otherwise, just does not think a cheap animal is worthy of keeping happy. Why? No clue.
It was implied by me that when a normally rare animal (like beardies once were, beleive it or not) becomes heavily captive bred, the normal phase's value decreases. A few years ago, a 15 dollar beardie would be unheard of. Now, 15 dollars is expensive. I would rather a magnificent animal like a blackheaded python to remain relatively rare and expensive, it's for the better. Just look at burms as an example. Albinos used to cost 10 grand apeice, now you can get them for 50.
You left out the rest of my quote. It said "Sadly, other people think differently. Not everyone in the world is an animal hobbyist."