state of the union?

[diederik]

I saw the PineTabV back in stock but shipping comes out at $74!  that's before ~100eur import fees.  So that's going to add up to around 300 eur! more than a galaxy tab A8 LTE   As much as I'd like to continue supporting the pine64 community and concept, I dont see how this will work once they switch to the advertised 'retail prices'. 

The PT-V (4GB) would cost me $160 + $39 shipping + 21% VAT ($42) + some import fees, but surely not €100, so it seems your place/country of residence is a major obstacle here.
I don't know if they ever switch to 'retail prices' though ...

But it got me wondering about the pine64 community... I am still new here, and having fun messing around with my PP and Zig, but in the short 8 months since my purchase, blog posts have dried up, developers seem to be leaving, store links are outdated and information missing or misleading.  I know there are other channels more active than this board, but the lack of transparency and updates here is a little concerning.  I'd like to commit more time to the PP, but seems kinda pointless if the community is crumbling?

So what is the state of the union?

There are several things that worry and/or bug me (too) and lack of transparency is one of them ...