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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by toyg on Sunday October 11, 2020 @05:42PM (#24749342)
If the hardware is effectively useless without the software driver, it could be argued the whole thing is a bit of a fraud / misrepresentation. But I guess nobody wants to sue somebody with pockets as deep as nVidia to change the status quo.
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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by Polylactic_acid on Monday October 12, 2020 @01:10AM (#24751571)
GTX/RTX cards are sold as gaming cards so its not misrepresentation. If it was then every bit of hardware with locked down software would be fraud.
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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by toyg on Monday October 12, 2020 @11:42AM (#24755571)
“Locking down” is not the problem - the problem is that you are told you’re buying goods when you are actually buying goods which require access to rented software in order to function at all.

It’s like buying a blender and then finding out that you’re not allowed to blend anything unless someone in the manufacturers’ operation approves of it.

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Re:The AMD Radeon Graphics Driver Makes Up Roughly 10.5% of ... by srtjstjsj on Sunday October 11, 2020 @06:36PM (#24749716)
It's not fraud; you can return the purchase if you don't like the software license.
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