The problem with the later generation raspberry pi's is that almost everything that made the early generations special have been eroded, to the point where almo

The problem with the later generation raspberry pi's is that almost everything that made the early generations special have been eroded, to the point where almost every project where the GPIO is required is better served by an mk 2 then an mk 5 The real problem is that where the mk 1 and mk 2 was fully utilized with the mmc/sd cards and usb power supplies people had kicking around in closets and a case made from scrap wood, this slowly stopped being the case with the later models meaning that it was no longer a real alternative to an ESP32 for electronics hobbyist, and that all of those "near mandatory" addons pushes the prices up near that of more powerful N100 based devices.