It is a pitty, that the whole altcoin mining theme has recently turned into a pessimistic - I switched off my rigs, mining is dead and selling hardware pool. Mining is not dead. And you are right, might be difficult for the first time miners to see the perspective for ROI. And you are right, there are still ways to make profit. We have all been spoiled and used to a quick alternative to make a good profit. Times have changed and we have to adopt. The ones who have lost hope, start rendering, AI and other ways of using supercomputer powers and one day, you will eventually come back to mining.