Nvidia is self-dealing by investing in its own customers so they can keep buying its GPUs. That's something companies do when real investment starts to dry up.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] When I first got into computing as a kid, the names of the companies making the stuff I used weren't shoved into my face with every keypress. Obviously I knew about Microsoft and Apple and whatnot, but they weren't a presence in my life. Now they're ever present, constantly looking over your shoulder. The companies demand you allow them constant access to everything you do with a computing device. The companies demand a seat at the table at every meeting about any new standard, law, or regulation. The companies spawn new companies, which make even more demands.
Computing today is oppressive. That should change, but for now it's hard to even imagine how.
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@abucci @freakazoid I shielded myself from some of it by using desktop Linux on my daily driver. But so much software and so many of the things we do with computers are online-first or -only now, so it doesn't matter as much.
I have a hard time imagining a non-terrible future for computing, and it pains me. (So does the risks generative AI bring to our profession, but I suppose that's a different discussion.)
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