Raspberry Pi is actively preventing enthusiasts from upgrading soldered memory to a larger configuration even when the replacement chip is technically compatible. The company says the restriction is intended to discourage unofficial high-capacity resales.
  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    14 days ago

    One consideration is that the community support would not like the fallout of shady 3rd party manufacturers/resellers putting out faulty hardware either.