Yeah but is that really driving the price of them?
PiShop in Canada, for example, still lists the Pi 4 4GB for $76.95, but rpi locator says last time it was in stock was June 2022. Some item’s have an empty field for last seen and I've been assuming that means the tool has never seen them in stock.
So I would have needed to find another way to get it, and scalpers/Amazon never waste a good crisis.
If you need tutorials, a community, and some sort of support, you have to buy a Pi.
Maybe it is different now, but other SBCs just haven’t had those in the past. Raspberry Pis are unique in that sense.
You would think this would be the moment to disrupt the market, but I haven't seen much going on. I like my Orange Pi 5 though.