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The only issue I have with the Rpi is the microSD lifespan. Of course you can make it read only, but at that point I would pay $10 more to have at least 1GB or less of quality flash memory on it. I've heard microSD will always die at some point. Of course you can also boot from USB too.

I'm also waiting for a new rpi zero.

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You can get industrial microSD cards for not that much money. Mouser has a couple models with MLC flash for under 20 EUR. E.g. SDSDQAF3-016G-XI

My microSDs indeed die after 2 years and a few months (warranty is 2 years), pretty universally. Teaches one to keep proper backups of photos.

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