We cannot forget that 3dfx went under when they bought STB to manufacture their own video cards instead of letting their board partners do it.

3dfx had market dominance in 90s but then basically committed suicide.

Very true. They committed suicide when they bought STB so that they could manufacture their own video cards. They didn’t just focus on chip R&D, they needed to manufacture and market their own video cards instead of letting board partners do it.

I agree. It’s ChatGPT style, I hate it.

The problem will be to convince your friends and family to use Signal, and that’s really not obvious.

I’ve been building computers since 1999, and I’ve noticed that the industry is cyclical. I’ve purchased CPUs from both Intel and AMD. We need Intel to succeed, otherwise AMD will dominate the x86 processor market.