Today Raspberry Pi announced more price increases for all Pis with LPDDR4 RAM, alongside a 'right-sized' 3GB RAM Pi 4 for $83.75.
The price increases bring the 16GB Pi 5 up to $299.99.
Despite today's date, this is not a joke.
I published a video going over the state of the hobbyist 'high end SBC' market (4/8/16 GB models in the current generation), which I'll embed below:
But if you'd like the tl;dr:
I’m pretty sure these companies are paying attention to RAM and CPU costs and second guessing the value in adding them to these appliances. I don’t need a source. It’s common sense.
on the bright side, no more wifi on fridges and cars and toasters.
sauce?
tartar
I’m pretty sure these companies are paying attention to RAM and CPU costs and second guessing the value in adding them to these appliances. I don’t need a source. It’s common sense.
While it may be common sense, I could also see “hey just jack up the price, we need the data points for advertising/data brokers”
i wonder how sustainable just constantly rising prices would really be at this point.
It’s sustainable as long as the suckers keep buying and paying
where the fuck are suckers getting all that money from
Loans in form of credit. A vast proportion of adults in developed nations are in personal debt, ignore home, education and car loans
People have not been taught how to be adults, manage a budget and they end up trading their future financial security for momentary gains