Not sure what you mean by that.
If by that you mean "It just works" .. Then I can agree. and that's not a bag thing :-D Because thats what its designed to do. Allow you to USE a microcontroller , without having to learn a microcontroller. As an example. A recent project of mine. I opened the package with the arduino ( Another similarity with apple , they include cute stickers :-D ) Ripped apart a Wii Motion plus controler. Strapped the innards of the WPM and the arduino to a pair of aluminum towel bars. Added 4 brushless motors and propellers. And had myself a working qudro copter ( if you dont know what it is , think helicopter with 4 blades and no moving parts besides the props ). See http://aeroquad.com/ .. http://www.multiwii.com/ as another similar project. These are the kinds of things that the "it just works" portion is allowing.
If you are trying to continue the fallacy and say that they are "expensive" , then you are highly mistaken. There is NOTHING stopping you from downloding the source files for the board , and making your own. Not a thing at all. The only thing that you cant do , is call them "arduino" .. you can advertise them as "arduino compatible" .. and thy even encourage this. The entire project is open source. Perhaps you were not paying attention .. THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS OPEN SOURCE ! .. Including all hardware.
Perhaps you tried to use the word gaming as humor. Apple is not known for gaming. I know I only use them to play starcraft , perhaps some wow. OH and steam has a bunch of stuff that will run on mac.Oh dont let me forget my "onlive" account also.. To play call of duty , or something like that. I sit on my couch.
( Oh .. and I was unable to locate this mystery board for $50 anyplace besides ebay .. And even there I had no idea what I was looking at. There were Items with penny starting bids .. and items with $270 buy it now prices ..Also .. Not sure about you , but I tend to buy things from people I can trust. Not having to take a risk on some ebay shop.. Google shopping search for "STM32 development board " returns items in the low 3 digit price ranges .. 250ish .. )
Anyway .. I need coffee now .. Have a nice day.