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Raspberry Pi was always intended to be an educational device. It doesn't have to be strictly the best performer.

• IlikeKitties 1y ago
  Those days have long passed and most of the money is made on the b2b/industrial side. But these days raspberry pis only have a mode in software compatibility and LTS and those are slowly dwindling away. I'd be hard pressed to buy a raspberry pi of any kind these days when RK35XX Devices are available and beat pis at almost every task. I really hope the pi foundation gets their head out of their behinds and stars competing again.
  • hackernewds 1y ago
    Not every thing in life is about money or competing.
    • IlikeKitties 1y ago
      Yes that why you should buy the slower, worse version for more money. It's not about that. Or competing. It's about buying a brandname original Raspberry Pi^tm^(r) and not the cheaper faster alternative.
  • type0 1y ago
    > RK35XX Devices are available and beat pis at almost every task. teoretical performance, yes practicality, no availability, no community, no manufacturer support, no expandability, no etc etc
• userbinator 1y ago
  It was always intended to be a way to whitewash Broadcom and "educate" as a gateway drug for promoting proprietary closed platforms.
  • numpad0 1y ago
    It's not like their competitors are or were that much open. It's not rare in semiconductors that even the catalogues are under NDA.
    • userbinator 1y ago
      Look at Arduino for contrast.