[general1726]

It is exactly same problem like Raspberry Pi vs all other (cheaper, better) single board computers.

[blacksmith_tb]

Except the RPi competition isn't better, only cheaper, because it has terrible software; and without a big community, no support?

[general1726]

Having a SATA or M2 is something what I would consider definitely better, however software is usually garbage stuck on one specific Linux Kernel and that's the reason why better hardware will never catch on.

[buzzerbetrayed]

Totally depends on what “better” means to you and your use case.

[mrheosuper]

what do you mean "terrible software", as long as they have linux kernel for it, i don't see how it's more terrible than raspberry

[dietr1ch]

Terrible as in you will be stuck in the pretty much only kernel image that runs on it without being able to update things beyond the kernel

[opan]

If you stick to RockChip stuff, it's not bad.