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Re:Intel Software Defined Silicon: additional CPU features a... by charcircuit on Monday November 22, 2021 @09:38AM (#29306708)
Okay it's not downloadable content. It's just additional content which you can buy to access. By having it already downloaded you are improving the user experience.
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Re:Intel Software Defined Silicon: additional CPU features a... by LocalH on Monday November 22, 2021 @09:40AM (#29306733)
"Improving the user experience" by making them download extra data that is useless to them unless they pay additional fees? That's a weird definition of "improving" for me. In places where "unlimited" mobile data is not common, this raises costs for people to get the base product, and then they still have to pay to unlock data that is now already on their device.
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Re:Intel Software Defined Silicon: additional CPU features a... by charcircuit on Monday November 22, 2021 @02:53PM (#29310890)
>by making them download extra data that is useless to them unless they pay additional fees?

We were talking about game discs.

>In places where "unlimited" mobile data is not common, this raises costs for people to get the base product

But it decreases the price of enhancing the product.

>and then they still have to pay to unlock data that is now already on their device.

What's wrong with that? There is plenty of software like that already. Take Microsoft Windows. The whole operating system is already there, you just need to enter a license to unlock everything. This applies to a lot of other software that has some sort of trial.

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