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I don't know what your ranting about. You are railing at me about things i mentioned in my initial first few posts. I've only tried to answer your questions which are already out there. it's no secret the current Administration is targeting google-facebook-twitter-etc.. Via the section 230 using possibly FCC. Along with Anti-trust lawsuits incoming. " The new administration" is backed by these big tech/ social media companies, which is why i posted the Eric Schmidt as an example. I don't know what you mean by "your team" i think you are reading way too much into it. Something you are accusing me of doing it looks like. My original comment was more jokingly than anything. If Ajit Pai(admin change) is stepping down, it would seem these pursuits will end or be minimized until its a typical slap on the wrist to google and company.

First off, reread my first post. you will see where i said Maybe you should do some of your own research i am not going to spell it out for you. Look up whats going on with Section 230 and the current administration. It has relevance right up to the election, current admin, big tech, FCC, ETC.... https://thehill.com/policy/technology/526668-groups-urge-biden-against-putting-ex-google-head-in-cabinet https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/10/15/trump-section-230-facebook-twitter-google-conservative-bias/3670858001/

Yes, and why would they do what he wants them to do if he is leaving in Jan? That was my point. (i didn't say anyone was guilty of anything btw) https://sg.news.yahoo.com/us-department-of-justice-antitrust-lawsuits-google-facebook-144659616.html https://www.westernjournal.com/report-doj-crack-google-facebook-big-way/?ff_source=site&ff_medium=protrumpnews&ff_campaign=can

Lets see how well these replies age. I do wonder why the DOJ, FTC and others are lining up with lawsuits in regards to censorship and anti-trust starting January if the Administrations are changing. Especially if the "new incoming" administration has cabinet picks straight from Google etc... https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-google-to-face-new-antitrust-suits-in-u-s-11606742163

It would be more hilarious when the current administration stays for another 4 years.

While some of your post is accurate, some sounds suspect. Can you provide links or proof about BSODs? Ive not seen anything about that. (are you talking about big navi, or some old usless previous gpu review?)

3 posts in a row really? AMD got you that mad? That logic i could claim Nvidia in the same light based on issues i had with their cards over the years. These days the whole "Drivers bad" argument sounds more like propaganda when targeting a brand. I mean look at your avatar with the RTX logo. Seriously though driver issues are not specific to one brand its bound to happen for all.

How far off am i by saying this reminds me of the intel celeron l2 cache on die miracle(first on cpu die(retail)). Which became standard after? Not saying infinity cache is here permanently for all gpus. However the benefit it seems to bring reminds me of the step up from pentium 1/ 2 to celeron 300A Excited to see how it stacks up, and what the future holds maybe larger infinity cache

A developer laptop can have linux on it? How is this different from you can use a different search engine than google. I was speaking along the lines of Intel like backroom deals and programs to push a brand. Microsoft has ~80% marketshare on desktops which i am pretty sure includes laptops. The overwhelming majority of OEM Pc's are windows based in fact probably like in the 90%~ range on brand new builds. It was already answered by Diffident You would think so based on article OP posted. It's not the whole story though. See https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/technology/google-antitrust.html "In a much-anticipated lawsuit, the agency accused Google of locking up deals with giant partners like Apple and throttling competition through exclusive business contracts and agreements." Many ways to "throttle competition" with contracts and agreements without being paid money(although im sure money was made just a round about way- harder to trace for lawsuit). I am sure there are many ways to be revealed if this goes through courts.

Yes! looking good! Prices could be better but time will tell with 3rd party reviews

More slaps on the wrists i beat EA is sweating it... not.. some attorneys will get some cheddar and EA will still be "loot boxing" it up!

I want to agree even with the insult you just threw my way. Honestly, given the heavily political content of your links. I stayed pretty neutral but pointing out the elephant in the room as a few others did. You did get political in your posts when talking about "winning office" etc. I don't think outside of 1 comment anyone really got very political. To respond to your "tech site and products they sell are relevant" comment i see your still avoiding the original point many of us were making. If leather jacket or Lisa had twitch streaming account/event like AOC. Then you wanted discuss the subs/viewer numbers would it not pertain to their popularity? Yes products and brands would be come part of the discussion if it were not against the TOS. Also, i harped about how twitch is controversial in many ways. I'd wager some money exchanged hands in the background to make this happen in bigger form.

A free Os doesn't make Microshafts monopoly on the PC/desktop/laptop any less real... Microsoft gets windows on OEM machines, This is how they have such a huge percentage of desktops. People like us on this forum build our own Pc's. The overwhelming majority get theirs already made, with software included. How does that happen? I am sure they don't just do it for fun. Google search engine gets such a huge boost in a similar fashion with google being the default search on many platforms including their own OS. How they get the default options by making deals, okay good for them. However, once big enough they can do it by sheer force. Again without going to heavy into political theater i suspect many of these big corps have skirted anti-trust lawsuits for years by simply working backdoor/lobbying/etc.. with administrations. Then even if something pops up like this one in the OP. It takes a long time to actually make it to court, at which could be buried after another administration takes over with favor. Even if it makes it to a settlement again, its weak sauce fines. Easily absorbed and some"pretend" adjustments to make it look like it was resolved.

I have multiple AMD gpu's and drivers haven't been an issue for me. Last nvidia gpu i had was a 1080ti and outside of nvidia surround it seemed o.k. driver wise. The issue for me with Nvidia and AMD drivers, was AMD has a really decent software side of drivers. I like the UI panels for settings and wattman, power tuning, overlay stats like MSI AB etc.. Nvidia drivers seemed dated, basic and lacked many features.... Really though people are going to say different things. Drivers for me aren't high on the list after using both and not having much issues...

While the topic of OP is about google. Microsoft was, if i recall the OG of tech anti trust suits. During this time, PC was the market since mobile devices weren't really a thing. Mixing the two now is misleading, simply because if you look at the Desktop segment(unless ExtremeHW means mobile devices?), Microshaft still has a monopoly.

What were you reading on these articles? The one you linked in OP has nothing but politics mostly mentioned in it. The numbers were solely based on her popularity alone. Why is she popular? I think it's more like you can't handle the topic at hand.

Just the numbers though, not how the numbers are tied to said persons popularity/origin. Because science...(not sure why science is even mentioned in this thread) Let alone ignoring the title of the OP includes " get out the vote". Lets all be non-partisan and pretend its neutral.

Trying to not be political on this... so ill try... I was originally talking about the 1998 antitrust lawsuit but lets look at what you linked. First 500 million pound fine is like a grain of sand for them. They make 38 billion in one quarter easily. Most fines are metered over a period of time, probably years to make it even easier to absorb. It's a proverbial slap on the wrist for them. It is just gesturing on the government side to "appear" to be doing something.(they probably work behind the scenes with politicians for back door money and campaigning) Microsoft is like 90% of the desktop/laptop OS still. Netscape was run out of business and as far as a media player goes... Whoopie doo... The only irony for me is to see Chrome browser take over the same way IE did with the os having it provided. Microsoft still merged IE back into the Windows OS not long after it separated it. So i am guessing Media player will follow the same path eventually. Either way the summary for me is... Antitrust=joke I mean now you get no choice if you want Edge browser on your PC. Even so, you can't uninstall google chrome browser from an android OS either. So yeah..

You should probably heed your own advice. You seem to have equated a comment someone made about getting votes, to something about already winning an office. I only agreed with the context of "getting votes" or Marketing. Why your so focused on a "win" of an office? I guess your doing so to straw hair or something. I never said anything about winning an office. I simply talked about exposure, getting votes, and controversy etc.

Oh okay, So you post a thread about a Politician and it's not supposed to be political. You are solely talking about AOC and defending her in everyone of your replies to me. Ignoring i talked about twitch and other subjects all related to twitch. In fact i never mentioned any politicians by name, unlike you did until this post. Maybe just maybe a little back and forth on here will get more views and people joining.

What are you on about? If you don't think the exposure is for obvious reasons then you need to open your eyes. I didn't say anything negative about her in my post. I talked about politicians in general with social media. Twitch is a very controversial streaming platform ( Dr Disrespect and others banned). Your defensive responses are making you look like a "simp" in this case.

Man, i am glad i have a few high wattage psu's on hand. I didn't think we would trend backwards on power usage

Yes, but how does it game? Intel marketing would like to know.

I doubt much will be done. Just virtue signalling of the political type. Look at Microsoft and how it worked out for them.