This is what I see as an outsider as well.

Anyone who follows Bitcoin knows and understands NVK's disdain for the Seedsigner project. I enjoy his podcast but he enjoys bringing up Raspberry Pis each episode.

Are there tradeoffs between using different devices. 

Absolutely.

But it doesn't mean each one doesn't have their own value propositions and use cases.

I like both projects.

I would prefer if both lived up to the Bitcoin ideal of being FOSS.