How much did a general purpose computer cost 30 years ago?
How much did it cost 20 years ago?
How much did it cost 10 years ago?
How much does a Raspberry Pi Zero W cost now?
> To a normal person the mere thought of figuring out how to use a raspberry pi (or increasingly even a windows PC) induces a stress response.
I’d argue that this has always been true—the only difference is that now, if you’re willing to push through that stress, you can get one for dirt cheap. And I’d also argue that the reasons that this is true are completely ignored by the article at hand.
There were no alternatives in the past. Now that locked down alternatives have been invented, general purpose computers will slowly but surely fall out of use
I never claimed they were expensive, not sure what you’re referring to there.