[cushychicken]

Buddy what the fuck are you talking about

Yocto launched in 2010

Buildroot launched in 2005

Both of these ecosystems coexisted in the era of sub $100 embedded Linux dev boards with way more than 256MB RAM

Yocto has no excuse for making toolchain and system configuration modifications as difficult as it does.

[svnt]

There is a big difference in just about everything relating to selling something with a sub $10 BOM and something approximating a “sub $100 dev board.”

The difference in unit volumes drives wide variances in tolerances of additional development difficulty/cost.

[Joel_Mckay]

Indeed, the economics of chip component choices at scale change development priorities. Depends on the use-case, and how much people are willing to compromise on the design. Performant SoC and Flash memory are no longer premium budget choices.

Some people seem irrationally passionate about the code smell of their own brand. =3