Oh totally agree, and them going public (though only in UK if I understand) left me a little sour. Hopefully they'll stay on target though, I love the little buggers.

Wow, to be honest I think that that kit on Amazon is insanely over priced. $160 for that?? I attached a screen shot, I wasn't even bargain hunting just straight from Adafruit with no discount. $105 gets me :

• Pi 5 8GB
• Power supply
• Case
• Fan
• 128GB card

And you're right you can get some great deals on used mini PC, but it's not an equivalent exchange. I can't install lineageos in the x86 system for a home media center, like some people have said they do with their Pi. Also new product means warrenty, which can mean a lot for some folks.

Thanks for indulging me in this price talk though.

So genuine question, what part of the world are you in? I keep seeing people talk about how expensive Pi's are on Lemmy (and yes there was the covid pricing for a while) but I can get a brand new PI5 8GB model for $80 + Tax in the USA https://www.adafruit.com/product/5813

I bought 3 x PI4 2GB for $40 recently.

A N100 Beelink is $180 for the 8GB model: https://www.amazon.com/Beelink-Intel-N100-Computer-Desktop-Display/dp/B0BVFXCJ2V?th=1&psc=1