Yeh, but the actual cost of the spokes is going to be nowhere near £30. And for a major company, that is probably a small cost, espeecialyl if the Ti spokes are large sellers.
You could just cut your chain and wiggle the bb thing so the wheel was all the way forward in the dropout, so when the chain gets slack, you could pull the chain back with the wheel into the back of the dropout.
You know how each picture is supposed to beat the last, explain how a battery operated fan beats a hurricane wind tunnel blows....blowier than your fan