Recently needed some basic electronic components. Simple stuff that used to be there at RS in abundance.
Gone.
Radio Shack couldn’t afford to stock parts for the two of us in the county that might build something.
The build it yourself article long ago disappeared from the electronics magazines and then most of them are gone too. Look at car mags.
Between cheaper to buy than make imported gadgets and government regulations do-it-yourselfism is a rare idea in America.