• @[email protected]
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    1620 hours ago

    Agreed.

    Hopefully other platforms start caring about Linux because I really don’t want Gabe to be replaced by a “profit all the things” CEO and for Linux gaming to become a locked-down platform.

    • @[email protected]
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      620 hours ago

      I really don’t want Gabe to be replaced by a “profit all the things” CEO

      Like with their black market loot crate casinos?

      • PlzGivHugs
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        14 hours ago

        A “profit all the things” CEO would be running the casino themselves. IE: Many of the big mobile games. Hell, I don’t play many modern triple-A titles, but it sounds like they’ve largely gone that route too.

    • HobbitFoot
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      320 hours ago

      That already happened with Android.

      Successful deployments of Linux for consumers are going to include a DRM app store.

      • @[email protected]
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        720 hours ago

        Android is quite different though, since the user has very limited access to the actual hardware and largely interacts with the system through approved apps. Whether it uses Linux or some other kernel is largely irrelevant for the functioning of the device.

        When I say “Linux,” I mean the rest of the userland as well, whether that’s GNU or something like busybox. There are certain expectations about user interaction that SteamOS satisfies that Android really doesn’t.

        I’m 100% fine with Steam as-is, the DRM is optional and you can install anything else you like. If that’s what takes over, I’ll be ecstatic.