Nvidia never applied those mining limitations rectoactivelyl they only announced for newer cards. Still they crippled VFIO capabilities with driver updates in past so they had bad track of record years ago.
Yep, that's what worries me. They are cautious for now but if they don't meet pushback (or a financial hit) they might get bolder and start applying more and more restrictions.
This is likely too paranoid for many but the technical possibility is there and believing in the good heart of a huge business is to me not a sound strategy.
