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I feel like you’re implying Nvidia wouldn’t be so secretive if their hands weren’t tied by contracts lol
AMD isn't, and they used to be significantly worse than Nvidia about proprietary drivers.
I’m not entirely sure how that’s relevant? They are two different companies. 
People held the same opinion about them though. How is that not relevant?
Because we are talking about two different companies. I am talking about what Nvidia is doing currently. Not what AMD has done in the past. That’s like talking about Burger King because McDonald’s is currently dealing with this weird ice cream machine fight. Bringing up the previous behavior of a Company A and speculating as to the motivations and drivers of Company B doesn’t make a whole lot of sense unless we are comparing companies A and B. Which we are not.
Whatever, dude.
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