@ruby yeah why not https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/m2-hat-plus/
@ruby since the Pi 4 they can boot off of attached storage (USB3 is fast enough to see benefits). Honestly microSDs are so cheap, ubiquitous and accessible that they won't be going away anytime soon, and if you buy decent ones they last a long time (they make "industrial" microSDs for maximum endurance!). That said all storage wears out and my "home server" Pi 4 has been happily running Home Assistant on a high-quality microSD.
@noiob yeah this is a hat though not the base device which is the main problem because they run on a microSD which are apparently prone to burn out
I’d rather have a base product that’s sustainable vs having to buy an upgrade that I’m still unsure from a cursory glance actually solves the microSD problem like can you actually run the OS from this?
Even if you can that’s still an upgrade you have to buy