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I remember first reading about this in a magazine 10-15 years ago. It's not about whether this makes sense. They need this to happen because they (Google, Amazo

I remember first reading about this in a magazine 10-15 years ago. It's not about whether this makes sense. They need this to happen because they (Google, Amazon, everyone) want to offer pc-as-a-service. Every tech purchase you make which is over 300$ (or whatever) they would rather somehow offer it to you for 20$ a month. There is so much redundancy in owning things and even though some middle classes can afford it, it's still a margin to catch for the big corps

rchaud 7y ago
Agreed. The same point was made in an earlier article on Stadia, comparing it to Sun Microsystems' thin client SunBlade machines. Essentially dumb terminals that are useless as a computer unless it's logged into a Sun-based VM. When the Blackberry CEOs were ousted in 2012, the new CEO Thorsten Heins frequently spoke about dumb terminals to escape the challenges of low-margin hardware. Rather than trying to compete with Asian OEMs in that area, let them make the hardware, while BB provided the software on a subscription basis.