But as a consumer, you _do_ give a fuck! Making the wrong consumer choice here matters, because it can take you from a good, functioning PC to one that works f

But as a consumer, you _do_ give a fuck! Making the wrong consumer choice here matters, because it can take you from a good, functioning PC to one that works far less effectively. You're right in that you shouldn't have to give a fuck, that they should all - in support terms - be drop in replacements allowing you to balance up cost vs. performance, but the Linux team have tried awfully hard to make it that way without being able to reach a compromise with GPU producers. In the meantime, Linux gives you a choice of external GPUs at varying levels of freedom and support. That's more than nvidia gives you.