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Does this mean that my son's Spike Prime set (with Scratch/Python programming and motors) is now obsolete, like Mindstorms EV3, Mindstorms NXT, PowerFunctions, WeDo, Coding Express, StoryStarter, BuildToExpress, and Lego Education Spike Legacy that came before it?

I'm sure we'll keep playing with the Spike - the Scratch and Python environments are great - but it's a shame to see all this continued fragmentation in the Lego ecosystem.

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Not at all. These seem to add light and sound effects to models but there's no mention of motors, reprogrammability, or communication with Spike whatsoever.

A BLE mesh network of wireless sensors would be great for Spike but it doesn't seem like that's what they're building.

and all of the motor standards that keep coming and going. I have 4 different power and motor systems from lego, but still wasn't able to power my new lego Christmas train this year because the latest "Powered Up" seem to be discontinued (or at least have been "temporarily out of stock" for a year now.

not to mention that if you visit lego's site in safari desktop, it defaults to the mobile version, and checkouts are broken!

I'm not sure I trust lego with technology.

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