quoting techcrunch's raspi 5 article from yesterday:

"“The value proposition for Raspberry Pi has always been that you can buy 100,000 of them tomorrow,” Upton told TechCrunch’s Natasha Lomas in an interview about supply chain constraints."

so. if you don't need "scale", and maybe no human should need scale, maybe a secondhand laptop or phone is a better choice.

used hardware puts $0 in the hands of folks like TSMC or Broadcomm or the Pi foundation and their police. 

 @6192bd8c also the environmental impact of recycling an old device is a lot better.