There are a lot of reasons not to give them your money. They’re assholes to the maker community and they openly talk shit on a lot of their customer base. That’s beside the point, though, really.
It’s just not a spectacular option for hosting. In order to get a Rpi competitive with even the shittiest laptop from 7 years ago, you’re going to end up spending more than you would spend on a decent laptop from 7 years ago.
If it is a computer that turns on, it will likely function orders of magnitude better than an Rpi and won’t bind you to ARM architecture. My entire hosting setup was pulled out of a recycling pile for free. Install ubuntu/ubuntu server and enjoy yourself.
If you intend on spending any amount of money on this hobby, I cannot express enough how much I recommend against any of that money going toward a Raspberry Pi.
EDIT: A lot of you seem to be reading this as “Raspberry Pis are all nonfunctional” and getting mad about it. Don’t do that.
Edit 2: Good to see that all the stupid parts of reddit made it here
The truth hurts, but this is the truth. Clawing at those little shits is the most annoying thing ever.
Why would people use SD cards when they can use USB SSD’s?
I think you still need a SD card, and that looks like workaround and not the way its made. Also USB doesnt have enough power for disk so you need external psu or powered hdd case. I was using 1 SSD from USB and it was working, but it was struggling and system got corrupted eventually
Because SD cards come with the Pi by default
Really? I thought the NOOBS SD card was sold separately. At least it was with my multiple Pi3’s and 4’s. Maybe it’s a regional thing.
I’ve heard log2ram can make the SD cards last much longer, I usually just make it read only though.