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Yeah but is that really driving the price of them?

• lvturner 3y ago
  There's a great interview with Eben Upton that explains a lot of this, including what "Business customers" actually are (i.e. mostly mom and pop style enterprises) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_aL9V0JsQQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_aL9V0JsQQ
• doubled112 3y ago
  More “official” stores never changed their prices. They just never had any. PiShop in Canada, for example, still lists the Pi 4 4GB for $76.95, but rpi locator says last time it was in stock was June 2022. Some item’s have an empty field for last seen and I've been assuming that means the tool has never seen them in stock. So I would have needed to find another way to get it, and scalpers/Amazon never waste a good crisis.
  • anikom15 3y ago
    Just because something goes out of stock doesn’t mean the price will shoot up. There has to be enough demand for it. If there are alternatives (which there are), then the demand won’t increase with shortened supply, it’ll actually decrease at the same rate (or more, if the reputation of ‘hard to acquire’ sticks).
    • doubled112 3y ago
      Always assumed it was just momentum. They are beginner friendly. If you need tutorials, a community, and some sort of support, you have to buy a Pi. Maybe it is different now, but other SBCs just haven’t had those in the past. Raspberry Pis are unique in that sense. You would think this would be the moment to disrupt the market, but I haven't seen much going on. I like my Orange Pi 5 though.