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You can already buy cheap but powerful old servers. But newer hardware tends to be more power efficient. So, depending on time horizon you consider, it might be cheaper to buy newer hardware.

Assuming that GPUs power efficiency will increase, the same will be true about them.

Can you provide an example?

I've just checked 3 different apps which offer premium features. All of them go straight to Apple Pay, without showing any other options.

EDIT: okay, I think get it now. In-app purchases != taking payments in general. E.g. I have different options for payments when using the Amazon app but only Apple Pay when buying a pro version of a metronome app. It's in-app purchases that force Apple Pay.

Not necessarily. I think that employment has a higher job security floor but a lower job security ceiling.

_In a way_, employment is like having a single client. You have smaller variance month to month but are more prone to unexpected events in the company you work for.

You can build financial resilience by having multiple (preferably diverse) clients.

Another thing to take into account is that you are not in control of being laid off or a client not extending their contract with you. But you are in control of your own savings. And this applies in both scenarios.

near-complete job security is a must for me

Unless we understand vastly different things by "job security", I have some bad news for you.

Recent years showed that even large, profitable companies with significant cash reserves -- that had a reputation of high level of job security -- are ready to do layoffs as a sacrifice to the gods of Wall Street.