[AStonesThrow]

During the pandemic, there was a noticeable shortage of Pis on store shelves. Comments by hobbyists indicated that the existing supply was being snapped up by small-time manufacturers who had designed commercial products around the Pi as a base, and end-users weren’t receiving priority or first dibs at them.

[KerrAvon]

Raspberry Pi themselves said they were prioritizing businesses over retail consumers at the time; businesses need stuff to sell to remain viable.

[AStonesThrow]

That’s all well and good, but Raspberry Pi had been positioned in the market as educational, entry-level, easy to understand and ideal for children learning Linux, Python, or electronics.

Perhaps some kids can circulate a list of those commercial products incorporating a Pi, and campaign to liberate and repurpose them. Win-win?

[K0balt]

"campaign" lol. I can remember some of my youthful "campaigns" to liberate useful technology... I cant say I find them recommendable.