▲ 658 ▼ This is why we can't have nice things. (lemmy.world) submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev 75 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/arduinos-new-terms-of-service-worries-hobbyists-ahead-of-qualcomm-acquisition/
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 26 points 8 months ago (3 children) Up next: Raspberry foundation enshitification. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 8 months ago There are already several places chomping at the bit to unseat them as the SBC default. permalink fedilink source parent [–] abs_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago ST looming in the background, NXP desperately trying to smash their own kneecaps with a hammer and failing. ESP getting hit with a lightning bolt every time they try to read documentation they printed out but not when its digital... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) The closest they've come so far is prioritizing industrial customers and compute modules for a while during a chip shortage, to my memory. Hopefully they stick to their roots in the hobbyist/educational sector. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago To be fair, if most of your funding (source needed) comes from industrial customers, not supplying them is a good way to lose their patronage. So even if it sucked for hobbyists at that moment, keeping a big player like RbP viable for the long term might not be too bad of a tradeoff. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 8 months ago There are already several places chomping at the bit to unseat them as the SBC default. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abs_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago ST looming in the background, NXP desperately trying to smash their own kneecaps with a hammer and failing. ESP getting hit with a lightning bolt every time they try to read documentation they printed out but not when its digital... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 child) The closest they've come so far is prioritizing industrial customers and compute modules for a while during a chip shortage, to my memory. Hopefully they stick to their roots in the hobbyist/educational sector. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago To be fair, if most of your funding (source needed) comes from industrial customers, not supplying them is a good way to lose their patronage. So even if it sucked for hobbyists at that moment, keeping a big player like RbP viable for the long term might not be too bad of a tradeoff. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago To be fair, if most of your funding (source needed) comes from industrial customers, not supplying them is a good way to lose their patronage. So even if it sucked for hobbyists at that moment, keeping a big player like RbP viable for the long term might not be too bad of a tradeoff. permalink fedilink source parent
