It really seems like they don’t want us owning anything anymore.
First it was the software, it because license agreements.
Now it’s becoming too expensive to own hardware and we’ll have to rent it from them.This is why I stick with open source. Sadly, I don’t know what to do about hardware. For a GPU, go with AMD I guess?
The worst is that this isn’t even the lack of ownership I want! I’d love to not own a car and have reliable public transit, but can’t have that. Instead, I’m not allowed to own the computers and software I buy, or the music I like, or pretty much anything else that brings me joy. Heck, you don’t even own the posts you make in the large social media sites!
why I stick with open source. Sadly, I don’t know what to do about hardware
OSHW, e.g. https://www.crowdsupply.com/
Year of ARM Linux gaming when? 2028?
RiscV gang
I’m down, but RISC-V has a looooot of ground to make up first. Last I checked, total number of RISC-V devices in existence was an order of magnitude less than what Qualcomm produces in a year.
For sure but ARM has the same issue as X86. So moving everything there isn’t that much better imo.
Maybe this will create more of an opening for Intel.
They can’t react in 2026 unless they already have something in the pipe, and they don’t (yet) make their own RAM.
…That being said, it could be a good year for big APUs, which use system RAM you already have to have.
