• Jack@slrpnk.net
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    16 hours ago

    Very strange, but also doesn’t seem like a deal breaker for me. I would be interested to know why they did it assuming it’s not a typo as some in the forum suggest.

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      13 hours ago

      Some people who were at the launch event said in the forum that they asked about it and were told that it’s a cost thing. Although, some other people say that the cost saving is just a few dollars tops so there might have been other reasons as well.

      • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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        12 hours ago

        tinfoil hat on

        They did it to be able to sell a cheap USB 3 module later down the line to demonstrate how awesome the modular approach is.

        • KryptonBlur@slrpnk.net
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          10 hours ago

          I read on the forum that they said it’s unlikely a module upgrade would be possible, unfortunately