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> The subscription model is better since customers don't have to buy more CPU than what they need plus should they change their mind they can just upgrade.

On the contrary, with the subscription model, customers must continue to buy the CPU they need and how much they need to pay for it is subject to Intel's whims.

> In time, all CPU makers will go with the subscription model since it makes sense in terms of manufacturing, customer satisfaction and company profits.

Then we need open hardware. I will not buy hardware that holds my computing hostage.

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