The RPi was always very overpriced. I think they knew they were selling a lifestyle product from day 1, you know, “here’s the new toy for the tech crowd that has too much money anyway”. Sometimes I cannot believe what ridiculous sums of cash people give out for SoCs with custom cases that are definitely not worth the pay-up, ex. the whole clockworkOS computers which got abandoned by the manufacturer few months going forward, and the massive financial hurdle to become a part of the user community means the community/fan crowd just implodes as soon as the tech bros find a more shiny device to waste money on. Then all you got is abandoned hardware with no community support.
The pi at initial release before all the supply chain problems, and Pi’s focus on corporate customers was $20.
There was nothing like it which is why it deserved the hype.
But now it’s $75 and needs a custom USB c power supply. So it’s pointless for most uses. As another pointed out, an N100 on the high end and esp32 on the low end make it a tiny niche.
The RPi was always very overpriced. I think they knew they were selling a lifestyle product from day 1, you know, “here’s the new toy for the tech crowd that has too much money anyway”. Sometimes I cannot believe what ridiculous sums of cash people give out for SoCs with custom cases that are definitely not worth the pay-up, ex. the whole clockworkOS computers which got abandoned by the manufacturer few months going forward, and the massive financial hurdle to become a part of the user community means the community/fan crowd just implodes as soon as the tech bros find a more shiny device to waste money on. Then all you got is abandoned hardware with no community support.
The pi at initial release before all the supply chain problems, and Pi’s focus on corporate customers was $20.
There was nothing like it which is why it deserved the hype.
But now it’s $75 and needs a custom USB c power supply. So it’s pointless for most uses. As another pointed out, an N100 on the high end and esp32 on the low end make it a tiny niche.