[skelpmargyar]

If they have a multi million dollar investment at stake and they're not able to pivot to any of the other many SBCs out there then they might just be incompetent. The Pi has nothing particularly special about other than it's well documented and cheap.

[xyzelement]

I mean obviously yes you can redesign and retool manufacturing if you really need to but it's not ideal and best to avoid.

Between "retool" and "hobbyist wait" one seems worse.

You may remember car manufacturers had to shut down assembly lines due to chip shortages in the last few years even for non-critical chips. Redesigning around missing components is non trivial though obviously doable

[HeyLaughingBoy]

> it's well documented and cheap

And in one sentence you've nailed its value proposition perfectly. That's what is so special about it.