Why wouldn't you save a few bucks and get a full ARM board that can run mainline Linux? https://m.aliexpress.com/item/32603308880.html
It's a fun hobbyist computer, not a technical shootout.
There's a community of esp32 users who like making small devices do cool things.
https://www.reddit.com/r/esp32/
Search Twitter for esp32
https://docs.micropython.org/en/latest/esp32/tutorial/intro....
There's lots going on.
It is obviously a technical shootout. Time and money are a finite commodity and having to spend more on a less capable device that takes more work to get up and running is not a good way to invest our resources.
Actually, it is. Specs dictate the potential uses of a device, and a more expensive but less capable option simply means users have to pay more to be able to achieve less.
In this case one option appears to be outclassed im every criteria. If these technical aspects weren't relevant then the specs wouldn't have been presented as the device's selling point.
Nonetheless you have a point, I think, but I hope it’s considered. HDMI would be awful for something like this. It’s liable to fall off in use where vga can be screwed down. Displayport seems like overkill. Etc.