I want my money back

[MarkHaysHarris777]

I'm sure you aren't saying the Pine64 is at present a viable replacement for a RPi? We are constantly reminded by you and others that we cannot buy products from Spark,Adafruit, or Seeed for the RPi and expect them to work out of the box.

You are correct; in that context I am NOT saying so at all.  When I say that the PineA64 is a better replacement for the Raspberry PI ( I'm not speaking of third party product adaptability ) I am saying that as a development board for both hardware &software its better suited to that purpose than the Raspberry PI; it has more memory, it has more GPIO ( a better bus system ) it has the AXP803 PMIC, its eth PHY is better, its usb support is better, it has a better battery and charge system (PMIC) and it has a wider variety of software options and development communities ( including the armbian community ).  I am saying that as a development platform ( for the price ) its at the top of the game; and certainly exceeds the Raspberry PI by significant margins.