[allan87]

And anyway, does "not everything revolves around the pi" mean what it sounds like? Does it mean that everything revolves around expensive high powered devices?Is there a development policy that says low power devices are disregarded in design decisions? That would explain the (adjective deleted) rejection of the PR to replace the current, CPU wasting, busy spinner with an efficient, attractive alternative. No, it made sense - to somebody - to exhaust the CPU unnecessarily, exactly when its capacity is needed elsewhere, because not everything revolves around the pi.

Think about it. The entire set top box firmament is composed of low power devices. Apple TV, Fire TV, Chromecast, Roku, smart TVs. Low power devices are where it's at. No design decision should be made without regard for that.