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Nvidia won, we all lost

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__turbobrew__ ◴[] No.44468824[source]
> With over 90% of the PC market running on NVIDIA tech, they’re the clear winner of the GPU race. The losers are every single one of us.

I have been rocking AMD GPU ever since the drivers were upstreamed into the linux kernel. No regrets.

I have also realized that there is a lot out there in the world besides video games, and getting all in a huff about it isn’t worth my time or energy. But consumer gotta consoooooom and then cry and outrage when they are exploited instead of just walking away and doing something else.

Same with magic the gathering, the game went to shit and so many people got outraged and in a big huff but they still spend thousands on the hobby. I just stopped playing mtg.

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frollogaston ◴[] No.44468885[source]
Also playing PC video games doesn't even require a Nvidia GPU. It does sorta require Windows. I don't want to use that, so guess I lost the ability to waste tons of time playing boring games, oh no.
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rightbyte ◴[] No.44468938[source]
Steam's Wine thing works quite well. And yes you need to fiddle and do work arounds including giving up getting some games to work.
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1. y-curious ◴[] No.44469321[source]
It's Linux, what software doesn't need fiddling to work?
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2. msgodel ◴[] No.44471717[source]
Other than maybe iOS what OSes in general don't need fiddling these days to be usable?
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3. frollogaston ◴[] No.44496368[source]
Mac. And Windows evidently, even though MS treats you like dirt.