I'm really glad nVidia's anti mining attempts have failed laughably bad. It's not like it would've made cards available to gamers anyway and a manufacturer should NEVER be able to tell people what they can and cannot do with their hardware. Being free to use the hardware you own as you see fit is what leads to innovation and progress and maybe even the next breakthrough. Take that away and tech advancement will be locked in to whims of a handful of for profit companies. What's next? Bricking a card when it detects the heat sink and fans were removed to be replaced by a water block thereby forcing you to buy another card that already has a water block on it? Think about it. If Apple isn't above blocking 3rd party repair companies from being able to fix Macs, it's only a matter of time before other manufacturers start down the same path.