> The memory that they are placing in it has to be cheap enough to be worth their while.

You're framing this as if no reputable vendor is willing or able to source cheaper parts.

If they can get a better deal in more RAM, why can't they upgrade the boards? As a consumer, doesn't that benefit you as well?

> Which in this climate is highly probably faulty memory, (...)

That's specious reasoning and blatant fear-mongering. Consumer protection laws require vendors to support their products. If RAM is faulty, whether it was hand soldered by Eben Upton himself or hacked from a Soviet fridge, vendors are compelled to support customers. This means vendors ultimately have an interest in minimizing faulty equipment, because it hurts their bottom line.

So why can't people have the right to upgrade their hardware? I thought we already went through this battle in the 1980s.

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alibarber 29 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Raspberry pi never sold them this product. Some random person is the vendor selling some unknown modification and isn’t providing support.

Sure - if that vendor was proposing a solution, a modified EEPROM perhaps, then all is dandy. But they aren’t.

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undersuit an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

A reputable vendor resells a product they've modified as unmodified?

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locknitpicker 33 minutes ago | parent [-]

> A reputable vendor resells a product they've modified as unmodified?

I wouldn't mind buying a 16GB board even though the official models at most ship with 8gb.

I'd even wouldn't mind buying the kit and taking a stab at resoldering it myself.

I mean, think about it. what is the whole point of a raspberry pi?

Even if you might not, why would your opinion prevent others from doing what they want with their hardware?

	▲	undersuit 11 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		So buy from a vendor that offers the 16GB modification and runs their own hardware support. You can still solder your own 16GB and you can do your own support. Maybe if the Rasp Pi was an unassembled kit "the whole point" would make sense. You can do what ever you want with your hardware. Have fun. Other people don't have to support you.