[HN Gopher] Raspberry Pi prepares for London listing
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Raspberry Pi prepares for London listing
Author : denotational
Score : 65 points
Date : 2024-05-15 07:36 UTC (1 days ago)
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| denotational wrote:
| https://archive.ph/5SwVs
| seabass-labrax wrote:
| Discussion about the announcement yesterday at
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40366062
| denotational wrote:
| Looks like this was picked out of the resubmit queue: I
| originally posted this before the other post, not much to talk
| about now!
| seabass-labrax wrote:
| The magic behind HN never ceases to surprise and amaze us :)
| sanp wrote:
| Maybe I will finally get my Pi 4.
| schappim wrote:
| There is a heap of Raspberry Pi 4 inventory in the channel.
| https://rpilocator.com/
| andrewmcwatters wrote:
| There's a really douchebag move here about them being able to
| fulfill LSE listing requirements but not fulfill supply side
| requirements to their own damn customers.
|
| But hey, maybe a sudden cash injection post-IPO will help them
| actually sell their products.
|
| Of course, then they'll have the problem of raising their prices,
| and people will eventually say, you know what, no thanks, and
| just use a competitor SBC.
|
| You already basically can't buy from them at a price that makes
| sense, or at all.
|
| And the really cool thing is their website lists a bunch of
| legacy products that no partner sells anymore so you get the
| great experience of trying to figure out what the hell you can
| buy from them in the first place.
| jamesgeck0 wrote:
| When was the last time you tried to buy one? rpilocator.com
| shows wide general availability, and my local MicroCenter has
| had a variety of models available for months.
| LeoPanthera wrote:
| > not fulfill supply side requirements to their own damn
| customers
|
| It's been easy to find a Pi in stock for months now.
| https://rpilocator.com
| ClassyJacket wrote:
| That's such a a shame. It was a cool product with a decent
| community around it. Now the enshittification begins and they'll
| be squeezing for every pound they can get. RIP Raspberry Pi.
| LeoPanthera wrote:
| > enshittification
|
| Can you elaborate on what you think will happen? It seems
| difficult to screw up the idea of "selling small computers".
| solarkraft wrote:
| Oh, not to me. Capital finds its ways. Maybe not now, but
| certainly in the future.
| ThunderSizzle wrote:
| They'll figure out a way to make a subscription service for
| it.
| hi-v-rocknroll wrote:
| _Press 1 for the latest security updates with Raspbian Pro.
| Only $5 /month!_
|
| _Press 2 to be acquired by private equity, layoff 95% of
| employees, and pause future development._
|
| _Press 3 to release a $3999 RPi server cluster of 16 nodes
| with AI and cloud features that can be enabled by
| subscription features._
|
| _Press 4 for RPi 6 to cost only $499. Hurry, supplies are
| limited and the waiting list is filling up fast!_
|
| _Press 5 to change the licensing to proprietary for some
| components._
|
| _Press 6 to remove the GPIO header._
| causality0 wrote:
| It's already happening. The Pi 5 came out four years after
| the Pi 4 and is between 50% and 250% faster, depending on the
| workload. However, it also has a base price almost twice as
| high as the Pi 4, moving from $35 to $60. It also consumes
| much more power, peaking at 12 watts compared to the Pi 4's 8
| watts. The Zero 2 W is probably the last good product they'll
| ever release.
| samatman wrote:
| I don't understand this compliant at all. The company still
| manufactures and sells the Pi 1, 3, and 4, in several
| variations.
|
| What did they take away from the world by making a more
| powerful model which uses, uh, 12 entire watts? 50% more
| power, 50-250% more compute. Suits me.
| ClassyJacket wrote:
| Sure. Some ideas:
|
| Prices will go up. They will split out basic features into
| 'premium' models. They will no longer sell cheaper models
| entirely. They will find some way to shoehorn a subscription
| service since that's what every investor wants now. RPI Os
| will be littered with 'partnerships' and they'll find a way
| to make it difficult or unpleasant to use anything else to
| avoid them. They'll rush to do yearly releases instead of
| focusing on quality and support. I wouldn't be surprised if
| they break their guarantee to keep manufacturing products
| until a certain date.
| 1-6 wrote:
| I think the Raspberry Pi foundation doesn't have a very
| compelling runway to launch their products into many areas.
| Someone, contradict my thinking.
| Lorin wrote:
| Nice way for the founders to get an exit whilst brand awareness
| is still up there. It's a hardware firm so I'm uncertain how bad
| they can possibly transform the products - SAAS going public
| usually causes the product to suffer significantly.
| varispeed wrote:
| Most likely everything will be moved to China and UK will only
| have bare bones operations and some token customer service.
|
| Maybe they'll even drop R&D and just sell rebranded Chinese
| boards as RPi.
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