giwook

"8 r9700 GPUs" is not a consumer-level system.

I think the performance of these models on consumer hardware have a long way to go before abliterated* models have the potential to go mainstream.

Not when it eats into corporate profits!!!1o1o1eon

/s

In a similar scenario though I would imagine there would likely be a similar level of urgency to act quickly that would likely steamroll or sidestep in many ways whatever barriers or considerations such a resolution might enact.

Maybe I'm just jaded but this just seems to be how the world works.

Maybe I'm just jaded but I don't see Big Tech just taking this on the chin.

I imagine tens, even hundreds of millions will be spent on ensuring this resolution never passes. Or if it does pass, those millions go towards lobbying politicians to still somehow find a way to insulate Big Tech as much as possible and externalize their costs onto us.

Re-reading what I just wrote, I'm definitely jaded...

The difference is now they have a trillion dollar company they need to protect so they must pull the ladder up behind them.

Open models become more and more appealing by the day.

So they got “only” ~$3 billion

More companies need to be doing this.

Though they won't, because I imagine recycling/refurbishing is not nearly as profitable as selling new models that lose 25% of their value the moment they're driven off the lot.

And no exec wants to explain to shareholders why their revenue from new model year sales are down 20% because they've cannibalized it with a new but lower-margin revenue stream.

> DoorDash is like cigarettes, gambling, paid pornography

LMAO wat

Conceivably there were considerable technical challenges in bringing touch functionality to market, an R&D cost that gets passed onto consumers. It's not like the touch screen is just being given to us for free.

My point is I'm not sure why everyone needs to pay the premium for a touchscreen in order to get the screen upgrade when touch functionality on a laptop screen is clearly a polarizing feature (judging from the comments on this thread alone) that a minority of consumers actually want or need.

Why are so many people commenting things like "I don't get why people use these services"?

First off, okay that's great but no one is telling you to go use them. You can continue living your life exactly as you were without needing to judge others who live their lives differently from yours.

Second, clearly there are plenty of people who do use them judging from this $17b acquisition that just happened.

But without the new screen, which is genuinely impressive and a noticeable upgrade.

This is truly groundbreaking! I've always wanted to play piano on a 14" screen.