On: Bitmain, the largest mining hardware company, made around $4B last year

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If triple dipping is the norm for ISPs, why not let hardware manufacturers double dip?

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Triple dipping?

Is that 1. End user, 2. Content provider (e.g. “fast lanes” for Netflix), and 3. Government subsidies?

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Another possibility is selling data, primarily to advertisers