fastapifastdisks
Galvanizer
to a extent that is true but then same is going on in eu and us,hp sff mini pcs are being overpriced in eu/us as well. problem with pi is a single pi cannot run firewall+nextcloud+omv+pihole etc on a single machine due to port conflicts and all sort of problems one can always dockerize but that adds complexity and often problems in my experience docker is great but often time conflicts are a pain to deal. So in a ideal situation where one is running firewall+nas software+pihole+personal cloud people often use 2 pi 4 which total out to 8k + adapters + cases. instead a hp/lenovo/dell sff pc with a i5/8gig ram/ssd or hdd costs the same and the processors are way more powerful. Plus lot of good firewall softwares dont exist for pi. only advantage with pi is the warranty. if someone is able to build a pc with a a athlon for cheap around 10k using cheap psu's etc then that works out okay instead of sff.Old is very very overpriced and many don't post config ... Mostly scammers and money grabbers... That is sad reality in india