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To collimate such a beam properly, you need a lens that first corrects the astigmatism, and then collimates the resulting cirular beam. So you need at least 2 optical components, right?
Plus, for a laser pointer, who cares about beam profile as long as it's capable of pointing ;-)
Other applications where specifications like beam diameter, shape, and gaussian profile are important to the end result mandate further beam correction