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[–] GrumpyDuckling 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

People will just make custom firmware and drivers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

It would be wonderful if this pushes develpment of noveau drivers. But i don't get my hopes up...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

INB4 the US outlaws Free Software drivers and mandates DRM and locked firmware in all new PCs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Or desolder the gps module

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Bruh... Literally 1984

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How would that even work? But aside from that, I should probably upgrade my GPU before this goes into effect, even if the GPU I want will probably not be affected.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'd back up as many versions of the drivers as well (different oses, different releases). I feel like this will be implemented drm style with forced network connections baked in the drivers

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's the only way I can see this work. I use Linux with the Mesa drivers, that are part of the kernel, anyway, so there's not really a need for me to make driver backups.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I use Linux

Believe it or not, straight to CECOT.

[–] WhyJiffie 1 points 1 week ago

and not just through the american archive.org.

but I wpuld say if you can't hold all the driver files yourself, keeping a list of sha256 hashes or better of them could be worth it too, to later verify their authenticity if you find it somewhere. its also easier to search by hash sometimes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Just did the same. My pc was 7 years old. This may be my final ever upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Thanks but no thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

This will surely complete the final step of the master plan - the world craves those superior American made goods.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

why dont they just ask huwei to give them some spying tech.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Once China takes the semiconductor crown, the US isn't getting it back.

Glad I get to be alive to witness communism beat capitalism. While the US ruling class wastes its money on dumb shit like "space tourism," the Chinese ruling class has been investing vehemently into its own populace.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And of course the miraculous Chinese GPUs won't have any tracking inside, none at all!

[–] WhyJiffie 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

just like their smartphones and networking devices, right?

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