Fair. Keep in mind that the rk3588 is MUCH more available than the Pi4. The day I looked I found them at 3 stores, but decided to use Amazon with quick shippi

Fair. Keep in mind that the rk3588 is MUCH more available than the Pi4. The day I looked I found them at 3 stores, but decided to use Amazon with quick shipping instead of the cheaper aliexpress with 2-4 week delay. Keep in mind the rk3588 is smaller and lower power than most (all?) mini PCs. It's takes up less space than my phone on my desk and is about twice as thick. The passive heat sink/case is cool to the touch under normal use, and only gets noticeably warm if I'm running something intensive, like a make -j 12 on a large build. I've heard Raspbian and OpenWRT have newer kernels working, unsure if all the required bits are upstreamed though. Progress is being made though, and people have newer kernels working.