Post #1802717
2026-01-06 02:42 UTC
Pepperridge farm remembers when a Raspi was $25 and you could get a Zero for $5. I also remember it still being too expensive, so I bought a comperable OrangePi for $11 instead.
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@SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-06 03:50
They're out of stock at both Canakit and Vilros, but an original Pi Zero is still just $10 for the board. Sure, that's well beyond the inflation rate ($5 then would be about $6.89 now), but remember these are licensed resellers of official Pi products, so they have to mark them up at least a little to make a profit, especially now with tariffs affecting the imports. I wouldn't call being marked up just over 30% all that insidious.
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@titanicx@lemmy.zip 2026-01-06 03:10
Fuck. 25 to 50 for a pi is like the most that should be.