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Re:Intel wants to charge $50 to unlock stuff your CPU can al... by singlow on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @12:27PM (#5820408)
It would be more like if all the seats on the train had a reversible cushion with a soft side and a hard side - but you had to pay an extra twenty bucks to turn it over.
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Re:Intel wants to charge $50 to unlock stuff your CPU can al... by jerf on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @12:39PM (#5820489)
Why do we need analogies? This situation is not that complicated to understand. Let's skip the inevitable argument over whose useless analogy is better.
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Re:Intel wants to charge $50 to unlock stuff your CPU can al... by marshray on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @12:38PM (#5820484)
More like if you opted out of paying the extra $20, the steward would come by and put stiff boards under your butt to ensure you cannot derive any utility from the cushion that's already there.
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Re:Intel wants to charge $50 to unlock stuff your CPU can al... by blangblang on Tuesday June 04, 2013 @12:43PM (#5820517)
If this was framed as charging twenty bucks less for those willing to endure the hard side of the cushion, people would be proclaiming anyone sitting on soft cushions as stupid.
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