The issue is, you can optimize a software encoders continually, you can use tricks for better quality etc.
A hardware encoder is just that - hardware. As soon as it's burned to the silicon, you're not making any (at least substantial) changes to it. You might also be limited by what you can actually do directly in hardware without using too much die space.
The S&P500 index is a bunch of different companies, the fact that the ETF is managed by one company or another is irelevant, what matters is the underlying stock.
But considering that a couple states have already approved it, it just might be that the 14A just doesn't require a due process to have taken place and leaves it to the courts to decide what's good enough "proof".
Guess the lads who wrote the thing didn't expect something like this to happen lol
As long as you don't open any executables, you'll be fine.
What's the chance that the seller has a 0day (which would be veeery valuable) and is using it to steal data from someone random? Not worth it for sure on their side.
You're talking to a brick wall.
Elon bad, Twitter bad. Any comment that doesn't clearly say this and still mentions the human/service is instantly downvoted without another thought.