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[–] AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean... bazzite? ChimeraOS? You don't need to go to steamOS to find a free linux distro that works well with games. Hell, you could even customize one based on any of those so you don't have to pay for a windows license for your products.

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Both of those heavily rely on Wine and especially Proton, which is funded by significant donations from Valve software, so you are arguing a trivial cost versus a subsidized cost.

So, instead of paying to license widows in your device, pay to support a system that ditches windows so you can stop relying on it and reduce costs of your products?

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 6 points 2 days ago

Every other company is free to sponsor FOSS development too. You're saying that like Microsoft and Windows aren't already a defacto monopoly. Charge a FOSS contribution fee instead of the Windows license, done, Linux development sponsored by the manufacturers is solved and they too get to not get steamrolled by Microsoft.