LOL...
1. don't HATE, Never hate, it's a bad habit.
One thing i've learned in 50 years is we have so many people in this world and they all have many different personalities and each
have their own psychologies that are associated with them. As humans we can only get along with people who have the same or similar
psychologies as our own, which ultimately means you cannot get along with everyone.. EVER !!!
that being the case, If you hate because someone did something that you didn't agree with (According to your psychology) then you are fighting a losing battle my friend and will do nothing but frustrate yourself and cause yourself health issues later in life.
2. But did it ever occur to you that there were other reasons why people suggest he use a micro ?
YOU ARE CORRECT... It's not necessary. But this person came to us with a very simple problem, but a problem that wasn't simple for him.
as tech people we want to help him AND GIVE HIM IDEAS and even though not necessary now, the introduction
of a dev board now is going to lead him down different paths of possibility that will either help him solve his problem or cause him to think in different directions and help him down the track, or perhaps he has this underlying idea that he didn't bother to mention that does actually require a dev board but now that it was mentioned, becomes a possibility
Mate, it's called BRAIN STORMING, it doesn't have to make sense or be necessary at first.
and if he's never used an arduino, and given his curiosity HE SHOULD LEARN HOW TO USE ONE
Just like a person who has never used a hammer should go out and find nails to pound into timber if for nothing else but the experience.
This project may start as an arduino project, then he'll encounter issues on V 1.0 , then he'll refine it and perhaps on v 6.0 it turns out being
what you said and has nothing to do with arduino.. BUT HE GAINED EXPERIENCE FROM IT that would help him in later projects.
Never hate, it's not productive to anyone
Are you on some spectrum or something?
You sound like the kind of person who, at a social gathering, when someone says "I hate it when the toast falls to the floor with the jam side down" would go on to a speech about how hate is so negative and you should make the toast on the floor a positive experience.
And when, in an attempt to get away, they ask you what the time is, you would try to teach them how to make a clock ... which is always a useful skill.
The OP is interested in playing golf, not in learning Arduino.
Look, I am beginning to learn Arduino myself; I think it is useful and entertaining... for me. I do not try to shove my own things down other people's throats because I do not want golfers telling me how great golf is. And any golfer who tries to talk me into golf, their religion or any other cult, like Linux or Apple, I am going to walk away from. Microcontroller guys can be as bad as other types of fanatics.