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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Prunebutt@slrpnk.net to c/simpsonsshitposting@sh.itjust.works

The Duff CEO with a Windows-Logo on his forehead: "Gamers use Windows because of its' user experience not our de facto monopoly."

Next Image: Duff CEO with Windows-Logo in front of a "Out of Business" sign. Subtitle: "30 minutes after SteamOS is released"

Edit: Yo, I'm not saying this is gonna happen. I just want to say that Windew's UX sucks ass.

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[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 days ago

Lawsuits won't do anything to stop Microsoft in the short term, look at what happened to Netscape. Valve understands that "voting with your wallet" doesn't work because the majority of people will buy whatever the current monopoly holder tells them to buy.

wild conspiracy theories...

Do you live under a rock? Valve has been very clear about their intentions since the days of the Steam machines.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/valve-windows-8-is-a-catastrophe-for-pcs/

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

"I think we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market. I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people. If that's true, then it will be good to have alternatives to hedge against that eventuality."

It was done for profit. The exact thing I've been saying.

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 days ago

That quote doesn't mean what you think it means. And you haven't been saying it was done for profit, you've been saying it was done because "people voted with their wallet".

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

you haven't been saying it was done for profit, you've been saying it was done because "people voted with their wallet".

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[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Companies will do something if they have a profit incentive to do so. They will not do things if they do not have a profit incentive to do so. People voting with their wallet creates a profit incentive.

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 days ago

People voting with their wallet creates no profit incentive. It's what I've been trying to explain to you since your very first comment.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Do nothing and be rude to the people trying to do something

Got it.

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago

You've run out of excuses, I see.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Excuses for what? I still don't understand what you're expecting people to do seeing as "not buying the thing" doesn't seem to be good enough for you.

[-] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I don't care about what he buys. I care that he's telling people who wanna play a game that doesn't work on Linux to play a different game or to go back to Windows. So the dozens of people who did switch to Linux are now being told Windows was the better choice.

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