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    Rockstar doesn’t officially support Linux though… So it’s on valve that they certified it for steam deck. There’s no grounds for charging that back to r*

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      I disagree. I bought a game for all the features it had at the time of buying it. There is no avenue for a consumer to push back against publishers changing that

      • @[email protected]
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        While if you bought it, it should be source included and you should be able to host your own servers/pick any patch to play on

        We don’t have those consumer protections because software is a relatively new thing

        • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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          The first generation of software for early stored-program digital computers in the late 1940s

          80 years isn’t “new”

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              White the other person saying 80 years is a bit much, it has been a constant for at least 40 years now.

              Personal computing and software isn’t new.

              Edit: To clarify, 1984 (40 years ago) saw Superbowl ads for the Apple Macintosh and the advent of the CD-ROM.

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                You’ll have people in governments that remember a time without computers

                You’ll have some that don’t understand buying is just renting because it wasn’t a thing

                Even 30 years is pushing it as a widespread thing for home use 30 years ago would fall into the second group

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                  I’ll agree that 40 may be a bit too far given some of the real dinosaurs in government. That being said, dating myself here but I have very fond memories of personal computing in the early 90s, even playing games online!

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      Well they are still selling in-game money without letting anyone know that they possibly cannot use it. But guess what rockstar, if I have to choose between your games and Linux, Linux wins every time. Later…

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      Who cares about Rockstar’s opinion of “grounds?” Valve should simply do it anyway, and kick Rockstar off Steam entirely if it bitches about it.

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        That’s a good way to lose a lawsuit, end up giving all the money back plus interest and punitive amts, potential damages, etc. Smort.

      • @accideath
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        Since GTA is a money printing machine. i doubt they’d ever do that