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A Raspberry Pi.
Why would everyone need a pi?
Because Pi is tasty
What do people even do with those? I know there's lots to do, but what makes you recommend it in the context of this thread?
Backup, self hosting, network wide adblocking, VPN, retro gaming, media servers, custom kodi or android TV boxes, coding teaching and learning, security systems, and so much more. There are a lots of possibilities.
The post title says under $100. Raspberry Pis run for ~$250 nowadays.
https://rpilocator.com/ is a very useful tool. Right now an RPi 4 Model B 4GB can be found for $55
Under $100? Maybe in 2019
Have a look at https://rpilocator.com/. Right now an RPi 4 Model B 4GB can be found for $55