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Do you have any evidence of a focus change during covid? Other than the obvious temporary changes all education outlets made during the pandemic? The charity s

• esskay 3y ago
  They shifted focus to B2B, with all inventory over the pandemic going to those customers. Despite the chip shortage ending a long time ago they continued to push the line that they were still suffering from it. Later they confirmed in a few interviews that they were doing 100k units a month to thier B2B customers (the reason cited was due to B2B customers livelihoods relying on it which is fair enough). There was a discussion it it at the time here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33864152 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33864152 Only once the Sony production line expanded did they get back on top of B2C supplies. Throughout the shortage their blog regularly made statements like "If you are a B2B customer get in touch, we can still supply you with Pis". In terms of their organisational structure, the charity does indeed still exist, but as I say it's a pretty small part of their business (and yes the charity exists for business) these days. Anyone active in Pi community circles will know that the consumer and education focus is very much going away, all be it slowly but that will no doubt pick up once they become listed and profits becomes the only focus.
  • nsteel 3y ago
    They had a stock shortage and they made a temporary decision you didn't like. We get that. There is still no evidence here... what you say is just that.