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I too worry about enshittification, but let's step back here. When you're talking about a price difference that can be made up in a few hours of work, the extra
by lenerdenator 2y ago
I too worry about enshittification, but let's step back here. When you're talking about a price difference that can be made up in a few hours of work, the extra cost can be easily justified, because of the Raspberry Pi's secret sauce.
The secret sauce allowed me to search the web for guides on what I wanted to do and have a template to work from. Not having to spend potentially hours or days of my free time figuring out some obscure Linux issue or driver support problem made up for the extra cost of the board.
The secret sauce was always the documentation and software support, and if the cheap clones can master that, then the boys in England have a real problem, but that remains to be seen. A lot of that comes not from cost savings inherent to microcomputer technology, but because of the dedication of people who know how to communicate to software engineers and hobbyists.
My hope is that most of the price increases apply more to their industrial computing products than their hobbyist ones.
- JKCalhoun 2y agoIt sounds like you would be okay with a Pi clone though? Like the OP, I have avoided the clones in the past because I wanted to reward the company that were "cause-driven" to do this. I too am less inclined now though.
- lenerdenator 2y agoThat depends. Is "clone" a synonym for "compatible"? If so, sure. My concern is, I don't want to spend any time whatsoever messing with stuff like driver or architecture issues. Needing a few repositories for Debian packages is okay, but pushing it. I'm not here to configure a system; I'm here to work on a project I find fun or useful. Ideally I take the latest RaspberryOS and slap it in and it "just works".