On April fools, Raspberry Pi price increases are no joke — my thoughts on the slow demise of the hobbyist SBC market: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeX22LnKdFY
This is no joke: the SBC hobby is dying

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@geerlingguy Didn't PIs used to cost something like $50?
@arnan @geerlingguy I just looked up my original Pi order from 2012. I paid 26 British pounds which is 37.88 GBP inflation-adjusted today or approx 50 usd. So, yes.

@spzb @geerlingguy Right… and some were even cheaper, like the pi nano or something.

For $299 you may as well buy a minipc/thinclient and add in a I/O board😑