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As for not caring about the price, true, 21k for a bike is the territory of 'give me the most expensive bike you have, I don't care what it is'. It might not even be about the best, it might just be about the most expensive. Being a status symbol.
You can easily get just as much performance for a lot less money with some sensible component choices though. I don't really have problems with spending lots of money on bikes, but I can only justify it when it also makes technical sense. There has to be a certain benefit to the thing costing lots other than the price itself. Carbon frames, wheels, cockpit and cranks? Give me aluminium alternatives, that are well engineered, perform about as well, cost less and are more durable and less sensitive to impacts. Kashima suspension? For the money I'd likely prefer to go with something more boutique with more attention to detail, like Intend. And so on.
But yeah, I'm weird like that. I'd rather ride an unmarked, one-off, completely custom frame that completely fits to the requirements I have and that nobody knows what is and hope nobody asks about it than the most expensive S-works model lots of people are salivating over.
As for the links, by your logic the Commencal lineup currently uses 4-bar suspension systems. Or the Knolly lienup also uses 6-bar linkages.
It's sadly not how it works, the number of links defining the axle path defines the bar-ness or link-ness of the system. If you use 15 links to drive the shock it's irrelevant, the suspension performance (antisquat and antirise) will not change. Therefore Commencals are single pivots (as you can mount the rear wheel to the front triangle and move it through the suspension travel by using only one link, the chainstay) and the Enduro and Knollys are 4-bar linkages. Additional links to drive the shock are there to either alter the layout of the bike or to provide the leverage ratios that the designers want. Or possibly just to look a bit different.
On the topic of ebikes, i think that 17kg ultra light ebikes are a false economy. Yes the light weight grabs headlines. But take a look at all the spec they have had to used to meet that weight. XC weight weenie parts do not belong on a 17kg 6 inch travel bike.
Though i do agree some things like forks seem to be suspiciously slowly improved. almost as if they planned all the updates from the start but wanted to sell extra upgrades