Support MicroPython. Adafruit has commercial interests - they're building CircuitPython so that people buy their stuff. They're a multi-million dollar corporation, not your mom and pop hobby shop.
Instead of doubling down on MicroPython, Adafruit decided to fork it so they can have the right HALs. They should have made a library, contributed to MicroPython and grown the ecosystem.
Unrelated, I absolutely despise Adafruit customer service - they're demeaning and belittling. I wanted to return items because they were not as described in the pictures - their response was we don't guarantee that. OK. So, you buy stuff off of AliExpress and put a 3x markup and you can't guarantee your supply chain? I now buy all my electronics from DigiKey and Sparkfun.
Out of curiosity which products did you buy and what was different about them?
Also, multi million could mean $2m/year which if you pay your employees well would translate to like 25 employees if you make no profits and only pay salaries.
Lastly, having bought loads of stuff from AliExpress and recently from AdaFruit, the latter absolutely has higher quality items. They are not simply reselling what’s available directly from China but are legitimately designing their own boards which are better thought out than the generic parts you can get for cheaper.
Instead of doubling down on MicroPython, Adafruit decided to fork it so they can have the right HALs. They should have made a library, contributed to MicroPython and grown the ecosystem.
Unrelated, I absolutely despise Adafruit customer service - they're demeaning and belittling. I wanted to return items because they were not as described in the pictures - their response was we don't guarantee that. OK. So, you buy stuff off of AliExpress and put a 3x markup and you can't guarantee your supply chain? I now buy all my electronics from DigiKey and Sparkfun.