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A Raspberry Pi Just Got 26% Pricier. You Should Be Worried (gizmodo.com)
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[–] Spite_By_Design_LLC@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Why should I give a flying fuck? I have 3 lenovo tiny boxes, a Rpi4 4gb I got pre 2020, a stack of old laptops and phones, a compute stick and 4 tablets. And if I want to tinker (and I do), ESP32 + CYD is hard to beat.

The Pi 5 does nothing for me that I can't do faster or cheaper (or both) elsewhere. I could literally spend $20 on a WYSE thinclient to get something that's 3-4x the pi while being comparable in power draw.

No...if I want a shiny, I'll get a FPGA or a Commodore 77. If I want to thinker, I'll get ESP32s. And if I want low power always on compute...well, I'm good thanks.