I keep finding myself wondering: why the heck do people strive to make albinos/snows, when it's more a defect then anything?

Albinos have a complete lack of melanin. A defect. You all know how that affects them.... such as vision and immunological disorders. No heat lamps for you.

Something many people dont know, is that if it's lacking in the skin, it's often lacking in the brain....

There's a lot of evidence that shows that albino animals are more prone to neurological (nervous system) problems than non-albinos....

Supposedly, thay have a shorter life span.

They lack receptors for certain chemicals.. other receptors as well, some involving light.

Blah blah blah.

They're usually not even all that attractive in my opinion. I much prefer animals with melanin.

Snakes were made a certain way. They absorb this, see that..
Why charge $500 for something that doesn't work?

Maybe I'm seeing this wrong, but I don't see many advantages to albinos.

Seems, from what I've read/heard, that it's just us ignoring the animals health at their expense to make a "cool" snake.

Please prove me wrong.