• Ardens@lemmy.ml
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    12 days ago

    Here’s the solution. Stop using Arduino. That’s how people power work. Then a new open alternative will pop up, and people can start using that. Ones desire to create and build, should never belong to only one brand - but a universal brand - whenever possible.

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      i think it was already dead and replaced by the esp32s - the original arduinos are too expensive for what actually offered: get the performance of a 8-bit cpu with 2k RAM but at raspberry pi prices

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      Hopefully places like Adafruit will stop stocking them. They should also post explanations for people searching directly for them.

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      Here’s a problem. Schools are full of them. They are really, really good for that specific field. People only think about their private use, but education will suffer the most. Or taxpayers, because they have to pay the bill. Again.

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        11 days ago

        It’s a problem, but a minor one. And it still talks into the fact, that it is possible to make an Open Source projekt like that, maybe even owned by the government in some way, so it can’t be turned to shit by corporate interests…