I do not agree with your logic (and its not cheap anymore), but I do not want to go in arguments, I have said my piece, and intelligent ones will pick up from there...Except a phone that can do what you describe does not cost $35 or $40, does it?, BTW a mobile is also "somewhat" general purpose... So anyone can run chromium directly on their mobile phones...
Last time I used a sub $100 cell phone, as in I paid full price for it, instead of a phone the cell carrier subsidized by locking me into a 2 year contract, could barely open a browser and display one of today's typical news web page with any sort of performance I could describe as responsive. And that was only a few months back, not years.
My aim is not to troll you guys, it was intended for raspberry Pi team, I am sure they can easily do that missing part.
There has to be some objective behind every sbc, something it does best and not try to be general purpose college kid stuff... Otherwise there are alternatives like intel nuc or a mobile phone..
Unfortunate that, I have drawn many "me too" type replies who could not put their point well, instead they only being defensive and emotionally attached...
Instead of sending emotional replies you should tell, what you have done with your Pi board
Like you said some "hack....." is needed to get the neeful out of Pi, I will do my hack..
Best of luck
Statistics: Posted by radicalethos — Thu Jan 18, 2024 6:22 am