Not much difference in IQ with your APS-C camera, but way better AF, image stabilization, true pocketability, viewfinder, 4K, low-light performance, hi-speed shooting, which is unique etc 🙂 Despite it’s “Made in China” So your point is so-so…
But yes, it’s pricey, CoolPix A can be had new for $370 nowadays
But you are

Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.