[nickthenerd]

> de facto IoT MCU

Not at all, at least not professionally. Mostly mocked and avoided professionally. But prosumer and hobbyist, it’s probably the most popular. They are fun to prototype with and use around the house but I would never stake my business on them.

[Zagitta]

Perhaps they're mocked and avoided in your sphere but there's certainly plenty of consumer products using them. Both sonoff and Tuya produce enormous amounts of products with them.

What exactly is your problem with them? The chips are fairly capable and the newest ones have transitioned to RiscV in case you're unaware. Sure I wouldn't use them for anything serious realtime but that rarely requires wifi/ble anyway so not sure why you'd pick an ESP to begin with for that :)

[solarkraft]

Why not? Plenty of businesses like Sonoff do just that. In fact it's a selling point for a lot of them.

[gregmac]

Absolutely.

I've bought several things specifically because they use esp32 and I can flash Tasmota or EspHome on them. In fact it's a far bigger factor than price.

[jki275]

I've never heard of them being mocked or avoided professionally. They're not usually the go-to or the most popular, but I've got no issue using them in a professional device.

[sidpatil]

What are some reasons for that?