this has to be forecasting mismanagement at this point. The chip shortage has mostly come to an end, they're either severely underforecasting from incompetence or intentionally
In this time they could have launched new products that make the most of available supply. They didn’t.
They could have recognised the hit that their b2b-first distribution model has had on their reputation and tried to make amends. They didn’t.
They could have coordinated with the alt-board suppliers to make “RPi approved” models for the Rock Pi, Orange Pi etc as a stop gap. They didn’t.
Hell, they could have bumped costs up a bit to spend on mitigating supply issues, reduce demand and burn scalpers. They didn’t.
So instead they just keep promising, just keep delaying, and we keep waiting. Even if their supply issues are through no fault of their own, it feels like they aren’t even trying.
Perhaps I'm being too cynical in lumping it with BeagleBoard but at this point to me the bbc micro:bit + MicroPython is effectively filling the educational void that Raspberry left behind.
Unsure if its actually impacting Pi manufacturing specifically, but its hit some other products I want.