If it's just meant to be a cheap chromebook-y thing, that's defensible I guess. But it's outright irresponsible to position it as a hacking/learning laptop for kids and expose delicate GPIO ports which they will fry, and not have them be replaceable. It's an e-waste generator, and parents who get one of these for its stated purpose likely don't realize the serious risk of losing their investment.

And no mention of storage. If the poor student does manage to fry it completely, do they lose all their work?