It's either ads or a paid subscription. One of the two are inevitable, because running infrastructure to support millions of users ain't free.
SaltySalamander
I guess in this timeline it was Donald Trump who spurred the creation of the Replicators.
But because I heard that they keep stealing valuable ip and domains
they've always done this
Don't even have to read the article to find out, it's in the fucking headline.
I don't dispute that AMD is eating Intel's lunch, but performance-wise, AMD has nothing for nVidia. And that's what the discussion is about, performance. AMD simply doesn't hold a candle.
Be pretty hard to put a molten salt battery in a cellphone or electric vehicle...
If I buy a used card from an individual, nVidia doesn't get a penny. How is that complicated?
Ironic, seeing as how you don't seem to have an inkling of a clue about how things work there.
13 years since Skyrim released. Game development simply doesn't take that long.
It would be better, yes, but you'd be sacrificing 90% of your userbase going that route. The vast majority aren't going to pay a monthly fee for a social media account. One or the other is inevitable, though. Server infra ain't free, after all.