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Raspberry Pi is now manufacturing 70,000 Pi 5s per week, will surge to 90,000 in February
(www.tomshardware.com)
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2024
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Tbh I can understand why they dedicated all of their stock to industrial customers instead of individuals. If back then they'd put all of their stock on the open market, it would've been scalped instantly. But what's even more important is that there are businesses who's products rely on the Pi being available, and tbh I'd rather have businesses using a Pi for their products instead of having to switch to a proprietary solution that nobody can service in 5 years.
Also: if you ever really needed a pi, you could've asked them via e-mail and they'd hook you up with one or a couple
The issue was they didn't direct the stock to the industry. They directed the stock to large customers and the small companies had no inventory at all for years or were squeezed (by the market) to the limit with a Pi4 going for $200 and more instead of $50.
The Pi CEO already went out in an interview and was like we did the right thing and would do it again. As such it was pathetic (to me) when they launched the Pi5 and were like community first. To be honest, they probably know that they need initial community support/software packages to sell it to their primary customer: Big companies.