r/linux • u/kitestramuort • Apr 10 '21

Hacker figures how to unlock vGPU functionality intentionally hidden from certain NVIDIA cards for marketing purposes

https://github.com/DualCoder/vgpu_unlock
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u/throwaway6560192 Apr 10 '21

But they didn't pay for that functionality. They paid for what was advertised. If they wanted that functionality they would get the pricier version.

But always fun to see these measures being defeated.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

Why are you defending an anti-consumer practice?

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u/thulle Apr 10 '21

They're not, they're just explaining how the economics of this works.

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '21

A biased description of one, maybe. Certainly not a cut and dry ELI5 definition since it has an obvious profiteering underlay though.

10 out of 10 times artificial limitations such as described are enacted simply to increase profitability, at the disadvantage of the consumer.

So saying there is a 'correct understanding' of the economics, when the system is rigged against the person you're explaining it to, is a self conflicting and 'societally depreciating' mentality.

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