don't play this shit
brachiosaurus
joined 7 months ago
Most people don't really use windowns because they like it but because of the third parties applications that only run on windows, so yea you can point the finger at third parties.
You are on lemmy, a decentralized and open source platform that doesn't share much with steam or corporations like valve. If you understand the difference between lemmy and steam perhaps what i'm saying will make more sense to you.
Sounds like it’s just a PC with steam OS pre-installed.
And soldered parts that you cannot swap easily (not only hardware problems, proprietary firmwares can cause compatibility problems too)
Many people have no interest in replacing PC parts
Many people have no interest in replacing their car tires and they just want to drive but i'm sure they would be really pissed if once a tire bursts they would have to replace the car.
Don't get confused, not all PCs are sold with windows preinstalled or require microsoft software to work.
And yet, with Proton they’re one of the biggest contributors to Linux adoption in the past several years.
They are also routing million of users through a proprietary third software launcher. Don't forget that steam was built on and fueled the windows ecosystem for two decades.
if you have time to play videogames on one of these you also have the time to build your own pc. You don't have to anyway, you can pay someone to build it for you, the price would be about the same.
The steam deck is a portable device, soldering components and custom parts in devices that need to be small it's more justifiable because it can save space. This box on the other hand is a SFF pc that has to be small only for marketing reasons.
I’ll also say that not everyone wants to build their own PC and would prefer the assurance that everything will just work out of the box, yet still don’t want a locked-down experience that you’d get with consoles. And that’s okay.
some people don't want to cook their launch and get mcdonald
This is a custom small form factor PC with many of its components being user replaceable. The GPU and CPU are soldered, which is unfortunate, but it is still significantly more upgradable and repairable than any other console that has existed. So what the hell are you on about?
Consoles are garbage, bringing a PC close to these is rowing in the wrong direction. Their presentation doesn't say much about components being replaceable and hint at fix storage. GPU is one of the most important pieces in a machine that is supposed to be dedicated to videogames
I think you’re just dumb and don’t know what you’re talking about.
You are on lemmy, a decentralized and open source platform that doesn't share peanuts with steam or for profit companies like valve, i may be dump but i encourage you to learn more about open source software/hardware and decentralized platforms.
Had valve not made its own linux based OS they would had to release this machine with windows preinstalled. Microsoft is valve competitor.