In which I go full foil hat...or do I?

The plan sounds crazy until you realize how crazy the plan has already been.

https://taggart-tech.com/control/

Control

Ultimately, the cloud and AI industries are about robbing you of computing power and selling it back at exorbitant rents.

@mttaggart It's a golden opportunity for them to win the war on general purpose computing. On a positive note, the whole notion feels very radicalizing, so we might see a lot of computer nerds rebel. "I'll give you my Linux laptop/Gaming PC when you pry it from my cold, dead hands".