@retroskunkette Be a waste of a fuckton of computing power, a microcosm of everything wrong with modern day economics, and just generally not that great an idea to begin with, TBH.
The fact it was largely latched on to by libertarians/ancaps doesn't help, either.
@retroskunkette Some guy from Japan who had no idea what he was getting himself into, IIRC.
And yeah. It's driving up the prices of said components, too. 8D