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
There’s plenty of stuff that maybe I don’t want to self host on the same device and that I would rather host on RPI due to power consumption for example. Not all about money and recycling old computers, but regarding ecology also spending less energy it’s extremely important. Imagine a full desktop computer just to host pihole + pivpn, consuming 30w or more. Sorry but your statement is pretty bias.
You are correct, except the right word is “biased”
Have you ever actually measured the power consumption of a computer?
Yes, i did. But take it as you want. Just an opinion.
I’ll trust my years of experience, you seem pretty biased.
Actually I run both rpi4, zeros, optiplex and home made servers. But do your own tests. Make sure you document them and send them to me to prove that your correct, because by your logic, with no proof, you look like the bias one having a rant on a dam hobby ;)
I’m an engineer in the field but go off, honey
Well, there are many Bad engineers out there, prime example:you
I remember being 12, too. Have fun it doesn’t last long
Good to know. After that answer I am know 100% that you are an expert. Maybe post your CV afterwards, “honey”
I don’t really care what you believe or if you live the rest of your life being wrong. I made a post about considering other hardware and the people who are sexually attracted to RPi are not stoked about it
Also, does having even more servers than you’ve listed running within 3 feet of me count as a source the same way it does for you?