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by rewmie 992 days ago
> The idea that even 10-20% of users would power their Pis with PoE seems wild to me. Seems like a much smaller niche to me (even though I'm one of those people).

I'd be surprised if the majority of RPi's userbase didn't used PoE. Having to cart around a power supply isn't a very attractive option when all you have to do to power the device is simply plugging in a yank-proof RJ45 cable. It's also cheaper as you don't have to buy a charger.

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I've contemplated trying PoE for powering RPis, but just the HAT alone is more than the official power supply, so it's hardly cheaper and that's not even figuring in the extra cost of PoE network equipment.