• AmyAye@nord.pub
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    5 hours ago

    Yeah, there is also speculation that part of this build out is intended to force a shortage to get everyone to shift to thin client “cloud PCs” where everyone can be monitored and ad blockers can be avoided.

    • Zeniv@lemmy.quasarke.net
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      3 hours ago

      yes that’s exactly the plan and the reason these companies are paying profound premiums back to nVidia. If they don’t pay up nVidia will just announce another spark roll out and scare the crap out of them. They know as soon as newer computer hits the consumer market they are dead in the water.

    • tempest@lemmy.ca
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      4 hours ago

      That shift has already happened.

      People on this forum trend to use personal computers but most people now only use phones. They might have a laptop provided by work but many don’t own one at all.

      The push to “the cloud” happened ten years ago. The people around here are the exception.

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          3 hours ago

          For most people it is. If you removed Internet access from the device what do you think people would say?

          9 out of 10 apps are just web apps with a launcher and stop working the moment you disable data.