Why is it that you can still get hand versions of many power tools, but hand drills aren't really made anymore?

@Felthry as someone who's never used a hand drill, it sounds like it would blow

@monorail Yeah but if you need to drill two small holes into particle board or drywall or something and can't justify the cost of a power drill...

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@monorail we've used hand drills before and they're really not _that_ bad, though you certainly aren't drilling through anything much harder than hardwood with one

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