That's what happen after an IPO, you have to please your shareholders
Price no longer match the reality, if you haven't already, look elsewhere, much better alternatives exist, much cheaper
Price no longer match the reality, if you haven't already, look elsewhere, much better alternatives exist, much cheaper
... but without the software support and documentation side, be it upstream kernel support, libraries for interfacing with stuff like acceleration or GPIOs or whatever.
The biggest advantage of the RPi ecosystem is the community. Unless you're dealing with absolutely cutting edge stuff involving PCIe, chances are very high that someone else has already seen the problems you are facing and documented solutions.
This is a very cynical take on future events, but I wont be surprised if it goes this way, as was there actually a need to IPO? We already had a massive shift away from hobbyists to industrial/commercial clients, before the IPO, so I don't see it getting better for hobbyist/enthusiasts. Costs will increase more, as they will see how their industrial clients make money from using a Pi in manufacturing process, and so the shareholders will want more of that slice from their clients.
The problem is that the competition in embedded is generally an utter pile of shit. Good luck even talking to some vendor if you're not willing to order 100k or more and don't have inside connections, BSPs (bootloader, kernel, userland libraries) are generally years out of date forked versions that barely build, and serious documentation is often behind NDAs...
RPi has a lot of room to sink before it gets threatened by the competition.