tychosmoose

I agree with you about the sd cards. But pi 4 and higher can boot directly from SSD (in a usb enclosure, or for pi 5 via pci-e add on card). It takes a lot of the pain out of hosting on pi. I also still have an old pi 3b chugging along as a NUT server running off an sd-card with a read-only file system - another solution for the card rot problem.

And they are still lower power then anything x86. For me a mix of both pi and mini-pc work great.

I was also confused by this. If it was an example it should say that.

Edit: in fact the examples should also be explained. It wasn’t immediately clear to me what city example they were using.

Cool. It might vary by product. This store lists this particular product as made in Germany, but I don’t know the store. https://www.chroonoo.com/p/stalux-stainless-steel-watch-band-multiple-ends-18-20-22-mm-silver/

Edit: duh, I didn’t notice you linked to that store already.

You might look for Stalux watch bands. Made in Germany and there are some near your budget.