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Raspberry Pi prepares for London listing
- denotational 2y agohttps://archive.ph/5SwVs https://archive.ph/5SwVs
- seabass-labrax 2y agoDiscussion about the announcement yesterday at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40366062 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40366062
- denotational 2y agoLooks like this was picked out of the resubmit queue: I originally posted this before the other post, not much to talk about now!
- seabass-labrax 2y agoThe magic behind HN never ceases to surprise and amaze us :)
- sanp 2y agoMaybe I will finally get my Pi 4.
- schappim 2y agoThere is a heap of Raspberry Pi 4 inventory in the channel. https://rpilocator.com/ https://rpilocator.com/
- andrewmcwatters 2y agoThere’s a really douchebag move here about them being able to fulfill LSE listing requirements but not fulfill supply side requirements to their own damn customers. But hey, maybe a sudden cash injection post-IPO will help them actually sell their products. Of course, then they’ll have the problem of raising their prices, and people will eventually say, you know what, no thanks, and just use a competitor SBC. You already basically can’t buy from them at a price that makes sense, or at all. And the really cool thing is their website lists a bunch of legacy products that no partner sells anymore so you get the great experience of trying to figure out what the hell you can buy from them in the first place.
- jamesgeck0 2y agoWhen was the last time you tried to buy one? rpilocator.com shows wide general availability, and my local MicroCenter has had a variety of models available for months.
- LeoPanthera 2y ago> not fulfill supply side requirements to their own damn customers It's been easy to find a Pi in stock for months now. https://rpilocator.com https://rpilocator.com
- andrewmcwatters 2y agoWhy do you think that site exists in the first place?
- LeoPanthera 2y agoBecause it used to be difficult to find a Pi in stock. But now it isn’t.
- andrewmcwatters 2y agoMaybe it’s news to you, but after years of shortages, reputation doesn’t change in months.
- ClassyJacket 2y agoThat's such a a shame. It was a cool product with a decent community around it. Now the enshittification begins and they'll be squeezing for every pound they can get. RIP Raspberry Pi.
- LeoPanthera 2y ago> enshittification Can you elaborate on what you think will happen? It seems difficult to screw up the idea of "selling small computers".
- solarkraft 2y agoOh, not to me. Capital finds its ways. Maybe not now, but certainly in the future.
- ThunderSizzle 2y agoThey'll figure out a way to make a subscription service for it.
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y agoPress 1 for the latest security updates with Raspbian Pro. Only $5/month! Press 2 to be acquired by private equity, layoff 95% of employees, and pause future development. Press 3 to release a $3999 RPi server cluster of 16 nodes with AI and cloud features that can be enabled by subscription features. Press 4 for RPi 6 to cost only $499. Hurry, supplies are limited and the waiting list is filling up fast! Press 5 to change the licensing to proprietary for some components. Press 6 to remove the GPIO header.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoYes, they'll make like Arduino and launch the Raspberry Pi Cloud.
- causality0 2y agoIt's already happening. The Pi 5 came out four years after the Pi 4 and is between 50% and 250% faster, depending on the workload. However, it also has a base price almost twice as high as the Pi 4, moving from $35 to $60. It also consumes much more power, peaking at 12 watts compared to the Pi 4's 8 watts. The Zero 2 W is probably the last good product they'll ever release.
- 1-6 2y agoI think the Raspberry Pi foundation doesn’t have a very compelling runway to launch their products into many areas. Someone, contradict my thinking.
- Lorin 2y agoNice way for the founders to get an exit whilst brand awareness is still up there. It's a hardware firm so I'm uncertain how bad they can possibly transform the products - SAAS going public usually causes the product to suffer significantly.
- varispeed 2y agoMost likely everything will be moved to China and UK will only have bare bones operations and some token customer service. Maybe they'll even drop R&D and just sell rebranded Chinese boards as RPi.
- greentext 2y agoAn ad supported freemium Raspberry Pi running pi-hole would really sum up the last decade in tech.
- mattmaroon 2y agoThen for bonus points everybody uses it to go to ad-supported websites where they complain about their lack of privacy.
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