GPUs vanish as cryptocurrency prices soar again

TwistedSister77

Ungood said:

remsleep said:

TwistedSister77 said:

Can we agree getting Parlor and competitor apps off Apple and Google store is a blatant power grab by CEOs and Politicians by taking advantage of a few headline news stories... with zero evidence these apps did anything?

After the events that happened in DC there is no way parler would remain untouched

Oh spare us any morality here, nothing happened to FaceBook when it was used to coordinate the George Floyd (and other) riots, as well as people uploading videos of themselves engaging in said riots.

It's cool to know where people stand on... the cities burning and looted for months were peaceful stuff... people (citizens and police) killed and women raped in "autonomous zones"... zip censorship on the major apps (or a call for it).

 Literally 1 event on the other side with  people in the capital building ... ban free speech alternate apps for everyone... yep.  Seems balanced.

Free speech is for everyone... 

Vrika

Ungood said:

But Cliffy did have a point. Not sure about other countries, but America gets almost all it's tech from China, with near to nothing made domestically. So the Admiration and their relation to China does have some impact on the cost of our tech imports and the like.

So, at least for Americans, Politics can play a role in our hobby in the form of affecting the cost of the goods we seek to buy.

I mean keep in mind, even minor taxes at port can have a ripple effect that inflates the overall price of things by not an insignificant amount.

I mean, keep in mind some of the Big MMO's on the market today are in fact backed by Chinese corporations, Case in Point, FFXIV, GW2, BDO, all being top MMO's all use Won for Earnings, in fact a lot of MMO's use the Won in their earning reports.

So obviously, America's relation with China does both directly and indirectly affect our Hobby.

Not that we need to get all political about it, but it's there none the less.

Won is the currency of South Korea. It's not used in China.

BDO financial reports use won because they're made in South Korea, and GW2 also uses won because they're owned by South Korean company.

Final Fantasy is made by Japanese company and their financial reports use yen, not won.