Short post, but indicative of the truth “Never Trust What People Say. Trust What They Do“
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-based charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.
https://www.raspberrypi.org/about/
Here is some information on the current problems with supply and how we are allocating the current production….Of the production, a large percentage goes to industrial/commercial customers, as they need this to stay in business.
https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=338333
Clearly their “Mission Statement” is just empty words as the Individuals /educators /students, those who brought life and support to their product from the very beginning, are left ignored and forgotten in favor of corporate greed. Why are hobbyist/educational boards in extremely short supply when the Pico, CM4 and CM3, which are designed for embedded computing, much easier to find? Simple:
Drop production of the hobbyist boards so you can increase production of imbedded boards to feed industrial/commercial demand at much higher profit margins of selling & shipping in bulk.
The Raspberry Pi Foundation is just full of Bullshit.