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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by formerly_proven on Sunday October 11, 2020 @04:56PM (#24749025)
The EULA / driver license may prevent you from reverse engineering the driver to enable these features, but that is only legal protection. nVidia sells these cards saying they don't provide feature X; nVidia also sells some cards, which do provide feature X (at a different price point). There is imho nothing per se wrong with this practice. The silicon being the same in both products is an implementation detail.
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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by labawi on Sunday October 11, 2020 @05:27PM (#24749244)
If you sold pork with different price on the condition of eating it in a wood vs. a stone house, some people would consider it market segmentation or maximizing profits. Others might call it illegal price discrimination.
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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by srtjstjsj on Sunday October 11, 2020 @06:41PM (#24749754)
Who calls it illegal?
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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by stale2002 on Sunday October 11, 2020 @06:30PM (#24749669)
> nothing per se wrong with this practice.

There is nothing wrong with someone doing whatever they want with a product that they now own.

If someone wants to modify their own hardware, that is their right.

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