I had no computer, and no chance to play elite dangerous.
I panicked, blew some of my savings and bought the BETA and life-time expansion pack, with no chance to even play the game.
2 months later, I got to test the beta, and then a few months later I did a dual boot on a borrowed mac.
Now I got a PC (but no GPU).
So for most people buying a really expensive game when I couldn't even play it (and still can't properly) was a dumb move.
But I've been content.
But todays announcement just made investment totally justified and 150% justified at that.