Yes, it may seem like I'm complaining - but my observations (complaints, as you say) come from the perspective of someone who has experience in this field and s

Yes, it may seem like I'm complaining - but my observations (complaints, as you say) come from the perspective of someone who has experience in this field and someone who wanders in the space expecting something even resembling a Raspberry Pi experience. Kirkwood is 2009, that's where my "USB 2" comment came from. Only in the completely fringe grey-beard ARM ecosystem would it even come up in discussion (this thread). For the rest of the world it's completely irrelevant and relegated to history. Especially for HN - where a substantial portion of top rated stories are ML model developments from 30 minutes ago. Kirkwood is in The Smithsonian by comparison. Frankly, even referencing it or using it as a point of discussion only further proves my point of how far/long mainline ARM support is. No one thinks, tries, or is under the impression that ESP32 is a storage controller to try to saturate anything. I think we're talking past each other on that point.