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by jalgos_eminator 2729 days ago
If RISC-V can create a low cost-of-entry development pipeline with freely available building blocks, then people will still flock to it over ARM even if the price goes way down. Its the same reason that Linux is far and away the most popular OS for hosting web apps: its just stupid easy to get one running quickly and for free. No paying for tools, no stupid licensing agreements, no arbitrary restrictions, and the freedom to change the code as needed.

Unfortunately I also think this may explode the number of "IOT" devices that will be just as badly designed as before (similar to what happened to web apps and phone apps in the last 10 years).