CEO says firm will "keep doing the same stuff," at least "while I'm in charge."
  • treesquid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    441·
    11 months ago

    I guess I better buy a new Pi before they quintuple in price for half the quality

    • xuniL@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      9·
      11 months ago

      If you don’t need any of the Pi specific features. Then buy a sbc from another brand. You get way more for your money and more features

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        11 months ago

        What are some examples of pi specific features which other brands don’t support?

        • Jackoamon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          11 months ago

          There’s a huge amount variety between the alternative sbc providers, but I’m general:

          • some are simply designed not to have various bits of hardware like the camera 22 pin connector.
          • some fail to conform to the pis pin out or footprint, so hats won’t be compatible
          • more commonly, documentation and support is so poor that extensive dev/Linux experience is required to get existing hardware to work

          All of this makes it difficult to utilize alternatives without conducting considerable research into many different ones.