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16gb raspberry pi was always weird, even 8gb. It's more just a desktop pc or something at that level - the used pc market has usually been similar vfm when you factor in storage and peripherals.
The pizero2(W) is still very cheap for real raspberry pi stuff - where you just want an OS for some reason instead of esp32.
Did the Pi Pico ever make any headway in the microcontroller space? It looked interesting when it was first announced but I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere since.
There are a fair number of third party boards based on the RP2040/RP2050 silicon. Even esphome can target it even though it originally targeted the esp32.
The silicon itself is pretty nice although the original had done problems with deep sleep.
I think esp32 is more commonly used. i think they're pretty similar capabilities and both dirt cheap. I just see more projects with esp32.