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[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The 5 is already somewhat enshittified. The Non Standard USB power that makes you buy a propietary PS is one example (which I found out after buying one for my son).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That is due to power reasons ,but they could have just underclocked it by default.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't buy it. USBC can deliver quite a lot of power

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree. Pi5 apparently uses 5v@5A max, which is outside the usbc-pd specs. Not sure why they didnt go for usbc-9v in and use onboard components to convert the power to something lower for cpu ( which i assume it already does from 5v )

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Maybe those packages are bulky or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Wait is it locked to the official charger?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What is the power reason if i may ask?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I dunno maybe cpu? Really it is actually stupid why didn't they just make it optional.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Tbh, i cant make an opinion without technical details :')