> Should an indie software developer using a freemium model be crucified because the binary they ship already contains the code for full functionality? Funny,

> Should an indie software developer using a freemium model be crucified because the binary they ship already contains the code for full functionality? Funny, but before the washed out "indie software" term caught on, people called these sorts of shareware programs "crippleware". Which is basically what Intel is doing here, even if they claim they sell you additional features in reality they ask you to pay them for uncrippling their hardware. And at least with crippleware you got the program for free.