While i agree that products shouldn't ship on raspberry pi, it's not as nonviable as you might think.
> Not to mention, having to rely on Raspberry Pi of any kind for commercial use is tough in large quantities
Maybe you weren't talking to the right people? I've shipped two products using raspberry pi and getting them in quantity was never a problem for me. we could easily get them in quantities of 500-1000 at a time for the RPI0W models and the RPI3B+ models.
> True, but also consider you still need to add a radio and then run it all on batteries
I don't think Nerves is a great fit for battery power, but RPI0W comes with a BLE and WiFi radio built in. It's also easy to add LORA or other sub ghz radios.
> Not to mention, having to rely on Raspberry Pi of any kind for commercial use is tough in large quantities
Maybe you weren't talking to the right people? I've shipped two products using raspberry pi and getting them in quantity was never a problem for me. we could easily get them in quantities of 500-1000 at a time for the RPI0W models and the RPI3B+ models.
> True, but also consider you still need to add a radio and then run it all on batteries
I don't think Nerves is a great fit for battery power, but RPI0W comes with a BLE and WiFi radio built in. It's also easy to add LORA or other sub ghz radios.