This is the rub with Fender. There’s lots of reasons someone might want one, they may simply be the bass for you, but price for performance is not one of them. You can get a lot more bass for a lot less money from other manufacturers. Including the level of quality, really - not saying Fenders are low quality, more that you can get seriously high quality basses for less, from many manufacturers.
With Fender you’re paying for tradition, name, and two very specific bass styles - both style and sound wise. With few exceptions.
Even then, Fender doesn’t even make the best Fender style basses - plenty of boutique, custom, and even production Fender-style basses outclass them - though in these cases it is often at a similar or higher price point.
But they do make the only ones with the logo. And the tradition.
I am not harshing on Fenders here - I think they are overall great basses. There’s a reason they are the favorites of a lot of people. They are the standard. Everyone knows what to expect with them. But you need to be aware of what you are paying for with them, because it’s not the overall features or quality of the instrument.