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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, Part IV by varispeed on Monday May 03, 2021 @08:26AM (#27024165)
It will only make products more expensive and less accessible and people still won't be able to fully use _their_ devices.
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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, Part IV by londons_explore on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:13AM (#27024613)
Except it won't - companies which are fully open source won't have any additional costs, and their products can be priced the same as normal.

It's only companies who have fully closed tech will have to pay the tax, and really that tax is compensating the rest of the country for the work and knowledge that company wants to keep secret.

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Re:Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, Part IV by gspr on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:24AM (#27024745)
That might happen to some products, yes. No different from any other tax. I don't see a fundamental problem.
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