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this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2024
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Embedded computers.
It used to be that everything got a custom or at least customized circuit board, and fancy wifi or Bluetooth functionality, or smarter programmable features would make that really expensive.
Recently, the cost of embeddable system on a chip setups has dropped low enough that it's typically cheaper to put more computer power then you need in a device than to make something custom.
It's why everything has wi-fi and Bluetooth now. It's cheaper to use the prefab piece, and those all come with that build in, so you may as well advertise it.