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Nvidia won, we all lost

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981 points todsacerdoti | 2 comments | 04 Jul 25 21:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.412s | source
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__turbobrew__ ◴[04 Jul 25 23:27 UTC] 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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artursapek ◴[05 Jul 25 12:38 UTC] No.44472400[source]▶
I just learned MTG this year because my 11 year old son got into it. I like it. How did it “go to shit”?
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1. zaneyard ◴[05 Jul 25 14:06 UTC] No.44472900[source]▶
If you don't care about competitive balance or the "identity" of magic it probably didn't.

Long answer: the introduction of non-magic sets like SpongeBob SquarePants, Deadpool, or Assassin's Creed are seen as tasteless money grabs that dilute the quality and theme of magic even further, but fans of those things will scoop them up.

The competitive scene has been pretty rough, but I haven't played constructed formats in a while so I'm not as keyed into this. I just know that there have been lots of cards released recently that have had to be banned for how powerful they were.

Personally, I love the game, but I hate the business model. It's ripe for abuse and people treat cards like stocks to invest in.

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2. artursapek ◴[05 Jul 25 22:22 UTC] No.44476066[source]▶
yeah I hate that Lego has been doing this too. most new sets are co-branded garbage.