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

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

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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.

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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.

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Steam is proprietary

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Yeah but with Steam Deck you’re not forced to use it. It’s an unlocked x86-64 compatible handheld PC. Install whatever you want.

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No, it’s great. It means you can make it do anything. You misconstrue my meaning.

You don’t even have it game on it if you don’t want to. Use it as a server 😂

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Valve is not your friend

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

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What

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I mean I give my money to Valve as is tradition, but is there some new reason to give from today?

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Because every day their investments in open source projects are making our ecosystem better?

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