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.
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”
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It’s sustainable as long as the suckers keep buying and paying
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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