I totally agree with you that many corporations seem rather greedy. I wish those corporations were more nuanced, too. For example, I don't mind if Intel and AMD make locked down CPU and GPUs for entertainment computers, but it would have been nice if they also made some open CPUs and GPUs.
I wonder if this greed will be profitable for them in the long run? Obviously, most people don't care whether their hardware is open or not. However, a tiny minority of (very) computer literate users do care (a lot). Will it have any impact if this tiny minority abandons the x86 platform?
I wonder if this greed will be profitable for them in the long run? Obviously, most people don't care whether their hardware is open or not. However, a tiny minority of (very) computer literate users do care (a lot). Will it have any impact if this tiny minority abandons the x86 platform?