Re:PineNote Developer Edition – E-Paper Tablet
by officeplant on Thursday December 23, 2021 @11:34AM
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People seem to get really upset when its pointed out that they (Allwinner & Rockchip) are just profiting off of Pine64's community developing linux support for their SoCs. They seem to miss the point that the community wants products like these to tinker with and don't mind doing some legwork to get things functional.
It's not ideal, but its better than nothing.
There is no indication they will ever leave this stage. I believe they generally sell at cost, even for working products. The purpose is to advance the technology, not to make a profit. But, the manufacturing and NRE costs need to be paid somehow.