The thing you have to realize is that at this price point we're pretty much at Broadcom's mercy. Comparable chips are not sold as complete boards for $25-$35. They're doing raspberrypi a favor by even selling them at much lower volume than they'd normally sell them.
Aside from Raspberry Pi, No person or company who is not a Broadcom partner shipping millions per year can even buy this chip.
The thing you have to realize is that at this price point we're pretty much at Broadcom's mercy. Comparable chips are not sold as complete boards for $25-$35. They're doing raspberrypi a favor by even selling them at much lower volume than they'd normally sell them.
Aside from Raspberry Pi, No person or company who is not a Broadcom partner shipping millions per year can even buy this chip.