• TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
    513·
    2 months ago

    Other portable console makers: proprietary shit, locked down OSes, DRM embedded in the device at boot, custom/strange architectural choices, walled gardens

    Valve: eh, put a fuckin’ normal ass gaming PC in a tiny box with joysticks and call it a day.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    153·
    2 months ago

    Steam is a proprietary app store shipping DRM and proprietary software. I can’t say I’m eager to use it

    • Username@feddit.org
      16·
      2 months ago

      If we are being fair, they are still reasonably fair to users. Open source gaming is not a reality.

      They don’t force you to use Steam, but still work on Proton as Open Source. They don’t lock down their hardware.

      What I’m trying to say is, while Valve is not perfect, it’s much better than any big tech alternative.

    • Jumuta@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      2 months ago

      devs can ship games on steam without drm, it’s not valve that mandates it. ksp doesn’t have drm for example

    • yeehaw
      1·
      2 months ago

      The list of closed source games that also make the effort to make a Linux install is slim. I’m happy to have valve putting in the effort to make me enticed to use their store to legally buy games that are not open source and even to a degree support it under Linux.

      • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Honestly it is better to just run them in a compatibility layer. If they work fine in proton I don’t see the need for proton

    • Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip
      9·
      2 months ago

      Youtube journalism is such a joke. Sunnyv2 started this shit and now it’s a whole genre if “homemade documentaries”.