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On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 7:21 PM, Adam Van Ymeren adam.vany@gmail.com wrote:
Using the extra SoC specific functionalities might not necessarily be more earth friendly. Since your next computer card might not offer the same user facing interfaces that your old one did. The great
d'yknow... this never occurred to me before. i always sort-of thought it would just be cool (and sensible) to have card-specific extensions / purposes (such as built-in 3G with an antenna sticking out the card end) - it just never occurred to me (it definitely should have) that that would result in potential "lock-in".
i always thought, y'know, things like HDMI would be ubiquitous / common enough that you would always be able to find an upgraded computer card with USB-OTG and HDMI: the impact of specialisation at the *user-facing* end never hit my tiny brain :) huh. l.