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Trading content for processing power seems like a logical and satisfactory solution to an age-old problem- people wanting free stuff, businesses wanting to stay
by drumttocs8 9y ago
Trading content for processing power seems like a logical and satisfactory solution to an age-old problem- people wanting free stuff, businesses wanting to stay in business. I think it's a beautiful example of new economic models enabled by tech. Are people's main concerns battery life/power usage?
- stordoff 9y agoMy concern is that I can't leave a tab open long-term without risking a performance hit. Of course that's also true now (with ads or heavy JS), but those generally aren't deliberately trying to induce high(er) CPU loads.
- drumttocs8 9y agoIt makes sense. Maybe a cryptocurrency could be used to symbolize that transaction, and limit the amount of allowed processing power.