Cheap gold could have a good effect on analog electronics, including the hobbyist kind.

I’m sometimes thinking that not everything needs a computer. If it does, many things are fine with a MC.

And not just analog electronics honestly, hobbyist computing in the ancient sense, of making hobbyist computers and using them, might have a small rebirth.

And mass-produced electronics would too become a fair bit cheaper to produce if gold were more widely available. Longevity, reliability. Maybe touchscreens’ economical advantage over physical buttons would be reduced even.