I was there for when ECP and EPP were a new thing. Same for 50 ohm resistors on thicknet and plenty of other random things I could rattle off to establish bonaf

I was there for when ECP and EPP were a new thing. Same for 50 ohm resistors on thicknet and plenty of other random things I could rattle off to establish bonafides. I understand what you're saying but the world has evolved - there are plenty of tools for a variety of problems. I have Pis going back to 1B, and they have their place. However, the supply shortage of Pis doesn't come from the use case you're describing. It comes from an entire world of people defaulting to them for anything and everything. There are plenty of kids who want to play with GPIO where a Pi is the best approach who can't get one because there are people trying to build a NAS, a commercial product, drive multiple 4k displays, etc - even though there are plenty of better ways to go about that. At this point Raspberry Pi sucks the oxygen out of the room for so many more appropriate solutions. In many ways the Raspberry Pi is a victim of it's own broad capabilities and success.