StoleMyOwnCar
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I really hate people crying foul when one company or the other makes something proprietary. Let's get something straight: companies aren't looking out for you, they're looking out for your money. They'll look out for you as little as possible, but enough to get your money. That's the way things have always been. If it looks like X company is trying to compete with Y company to "give customers a choice and stop monopolization"... no, they're trying to be your choice to get your money and hopefully be in the top spot themselves. Competition is two companies competing for your money. It's true that it's a good for us, but it's not for them. If Nvidia can get you locked into using their GPU's because of some new technology that it developed for monitors... you better bet they'll do it. AMD will do the same with Mantle. There's no point in investing dollars and dollars of R&D and then just giving it to the other party when you're competing with them. I don't see why people find this surprising or questionable. It's simply your job as a consumer to evaluate what each of them give you and then choose the one you want based on the factors they present.
I think it's important to not try to personify these companies and give them certain traits (evil, moneygrubbing... which company does that not apply to?). That just begs for glossing over X or Y facts because you see them as being Z types... this is common "fanboy" behavior, I suppose.
I think it's important to not try to personify these companies and give them certain traits (evil, moneygrubbing... which company does that not apply to?). That just begs for glossing over X or Y facts because you see them as being Z types... this is common "fanboy" behavior, I suppose.