• haui
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    57 months ago

    Honestly, it think thats a really good idea. Proprietary consoles are a relict and its great if they go away and get replaced by open platforms like the steamdeck and steam machines (not necessarily affiliated with valve though).

    • @[email protected]
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      37 months ago

      locking down consoles to games only always felt stupid when they are basically pcs anyway. they should have been multipurpose machines all along instead of walled gardens.

      • haui
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        47 months ago

        Fully agree. I would even outlaw the walled garden concept completely. I would necessitate interconnecting APIs for everything. So that I can call apples app store over their api from any machine for example.

        If someone comes up with an example that overburdens a company, they need to allow others to make such tools for free.

        Also, i would outlaw any fee on things that cant be explained logically. Like apple tax for example.

        Same obviously goes for consoles.