It makes sense for unlockable cores on server grade hardware, it would allow bootstrapping companies to buy in low and then upgrade on demand, but it's pretty s

It makes sense for unlockable cores on server grade hardware, it would allow bootstrapping companies to buy in low and then upgrade on demand, but it's pretty safe to say that this is going to overflow into the user space, where you can buy a 16 core processor for your max budget and then find out there are another 16 cores that software prevented you from accessing and that would require a monthly fee to unlock, which is ridiculous.