| curl-6 said:
I suspect the overall equation basically comes down to this; [...] to make up for the reduction in userbase, they're looking for every way they can to squeeze more money from each individual customer |
No suspicion needed, they outright said so themselves:
"[...]Tao said, explaining that the company’s goal is to “minimize the impact” of rising memory costs by focusing on “monetizing the installed base” and growing software and network services revenue."







