There are a lot of reasons not to give them your money. They’re assholes to the maker community and they openly talk shit on a lot of their customer base. That’s beside the point, though, really.

It’s just not a spectacular option for hosting. In order to get a Rpi competitive with even the shittiest laptop from 7 years ago, you’re going to end up spending more than you would spend on a decent laptop from 7 years ago.

If it is a computer that turns on, it will likely function orders of magnitude better than an Rpi and won’t bind you to ARM architecture. My entire hosting setup was pulled out of a recycling pile for free. Install ubuntu/ubuntu server and enjoy yourself.

If you intend on spending any amount of money on this hobby, I cannot express enough how much I recommend against any of that money going toward a Raspberry Pi.

EDIT: A lot of you seem to be reading this as “Raspberry Pis are all nonfunctional” and getting mad about it. Don’t do that.

Edit 2: Good to see that all the stupid parts of reddit made it here

  • Dusty@l.dustybeer.com
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    1 year ago

    I mean, maybe it’s because I’m not overly paranoid or live in the US, but this doesn’t seem like a big deal at all.

    As for the “drama” of them telling someone they can unfollow, it’s true. It’s again, not a big deal.

    This screams people trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

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      1 year ago

      It seems a bit like:

      “You hired a cop!”

      “Ok, So?”

      “Fire them!”

      “No…?”

      “FASCISTS!”

      I’m not a fan of cops either but this just seems really silly.