As expected, the Qualcomm enshittification of @arduino has begun. Expressif's ESP32 stuff has already been a better platform for some time... I guess I'll have to learn the ESP-IDF ecosystem now instead of the Arduino IDE.
@herzog The open source wifi stack that's being developed for the ESP32 is pretty neat, though I'm also looking at dipping my toe into the rust stuff for targeting AVR chips. They're independent from Arduino proper and have very arduino-like APIs. Been on my to-do list since forever to learn rust, and this seems like an excellent application.
@developing_agent First I've heard of it! Sounds interesting.

@herzog There's some info on the open source wifi stack at https://esp32-open-mac.be/posts/ This stack is pretty cool, because it would allow the complete elimination of all closed-source code from software built for the ESP32. Already they can avoid calling into closed source binaries after the point where the radio has gone through one-time init.

As for resources on getting started with rust on arduinos, I'm not quite there yet. :P

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