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Re:Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate by anothernewdude on Sunday February 21, 2021 @09:13AM (#26213560)
They literally did that with the PS3 for clusters (though not for crypto mining) and shut down the ability to do it.
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Re:Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate by robert_foss on Sunday February 21, 2021 @09:30AM (#26213657)
And were sued for doing so. Removing functionality from an existing product is not acceptable.
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Re:Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate by michaelt on Sunday February 21, 2021 @09:35AM (#26213691)
which is why they've announced this limitation before the 3060's release
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Re:Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate by bretpiatt on Sunday February 21, 2021 @10:43AM (#26214255)
To my knowledge they didn't shut it down, PS4 architecture moved to standard x86 PC so no longer advanced vector units available through PlayStation that you couldn't get separately in an easier to work with way. This led to the rise of the current Top 500 which are a mix of CPU and GPU.
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Re:Nvidia Limits RTX 3060 Hash Rate by rincebrain on Sunday February 21, 2021 @10:50AM (#26214323)
No, they famously shut down the ability to use PS3s for this and got sued for it.[1]

Not ever having the functionality in the PS4 and later doesn't imply they didn't remove it in prior cases.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OtherOS

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