> Instead, you are being sold something, knowing full well what software is available. Not really. Even if I buy a card and am content to live with the 50% re

> Instead, you are being sold something, knowing full well what software is available. Not really. Even if I buy a card and am content to live with the 50% reduction in hash rate (assuming that's why I wanted to buy it), Nvidia still has the ability to change the drivers and further restrict the hash rate at their whim. > That is extremely different than if I bought something, and was given software X, and then that software X turned into software Y later on. The problem is that we can't know if Software X will turn into Software Y later on. If I buy a card because it has certain specs, I expect to be able to exercise those capabilities. I don't think Nvidia should be able to try to restrict what I choose to do with those capabilities.