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   Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 17:12:02 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

   "The new $120 Raspberry Pi 5 16GB" — remember when the mission was to deliver "the ultra low-cost computer" back in 2012?

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     Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange: (jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 17:30:17 JST Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:

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     • lobingera

     @lobingera And the (unfortunately) common dark patterns. Go to https://www.raspberrypi.com/for-home/ to see "Raspberry Pi is your tiny, powerful $35 computer.", click the "Buy a Raspberry Pi" button to be sent to https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/ where you are offered "Raspberry Pi 5 -
     The everything computer. Optimised. Available from $50"

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     lobingera (lobingera@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 17:30:19 JST lobingera

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     @jwildeboer Feature creep in hardware also?

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     ✨🏳️‍⚧️Timelordiroh :she_her:🇵🇸 (timelordiroh@mstdn.iroh.tv)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 17:33:18 JST ✨🏳️‍⚧️Timelordiroh :she_her:🇵🇸

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     @jwildeboer if they're going off the price of a textbook, they're still on par.

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     Flo (flo_rian@norden.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Jan-2025 17:47:19 JST Flo

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     • ✨🏳️‍⚧️Timelordiroh :she_her:🇵🇸

     @timelordiroh @jwildeboer They’re still selling a Raspberry Pi 4 for 35$.

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     Earthling (earthling42@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-Jan-2025 06:06:09 JST Earthling

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     @jwildeboer

     I am on the "glass is half full" side here though... I think it is still affordable and not everyone needs the 16 GB version... moreover the people who can afford it might sell their previous ones and re-stock the 2nd Hans market 😊