Obviously the business model is selling a $30-100 SBC to jerks on Hacker News who simultaneously brag about buying literally every single model, but apparently have no use case for them. Even better, these schmucks will never plug the product in, never submit a warrantee, and never harass support. Brilliant model!

I'm a jerk because I've bought them and tried to find a use case for them, but found they weren't as good as other solutions?

You have issues.