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I've only tried one or two copycats, but found them to be kinda crappy. And I see a lot of other reports of others' experiences that seem to back that up. Not saying they're all universally garbage, but you get what you pay for: the RPi folks manage cost very carefully, whereas most of the copycats are just trying to undercut on price, and will never follow through with the kind of software support the RPi folks cont…
I guess it comes down to what you value. Their software ecosystem is certainly the best, but hardware side they're now decidedly behind. >whereas most of the copycats are just trying to undercut on price Some of them, at the premium end its the other way round. Copy cats are fielding much better hardware...at a price premium. e.g. pi5 vs orange pi 5+ 8gb max vs 32gb max 1gbe vs 2.5gbe sd card vs native nvme BCM2712 v…
Re: Raspberry Pi Picks Banks for IPO, Choosing London over New York
#111If hardware specs are the things you care about, Raspberry Pi has never been the best there. That hasn't stopped them becoming the most successful SBCs by far.