They more or less are in terms of fiat but #1. Fiat sucks, who cares? And #2. They're good to learn with. Probably offload them and buy some Bitaxes at some point near future.
I guess, I figure if they're operating at a loss I might as well just buy Bitcoin outright. But if it's not a big loss, then it's probably still worth it to get the non-kyc corn.