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

Triple dipping?

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

Another possibility is selling data, primarily to advertisers

I mean they need to make sure they work first right ;)

Yes, see AntPool with ~15% of the current hashrate.

I would assume that significant fraction of bitmain's customer mine on antpool, as that is what the devices are preconfigured for.