Is this gonna be another winshit handheld?
this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2024
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Big chance. But more competition is always a good thing in my opinion.
As long as they don't interfere with, say, Bazzite, all's good.
I heard somewhere Microsoft is making a gaming UI for Windows 11 for devices like the Steam Deck, but dunno if there's any progress there.
Last time I heard that, it was that it was the object of a hackathon they ran amongst employees. So not sure if they are actually still working on that.
I remember them saying it was shelved.
Not surprised, in my experience, like 99% of hackathon projects never get picked up as actual priorities
I would be thrilled if they sponsored Bazzite and used it with a non-deck skin. Win-win-win situation (funding for Bazzite, better device and FOSS competition)
In general, yes, but I'm largely against giv8ng MSI money for the shady shit they've pulled
Right?! Like Value is giving away so much work for competitors to make good competing devices using FOSS and no one has really jumped on it yet.
Windows is a selling point for these companies. Never mind the absolute shithole that is Windows UX without a keyboard and mouse, little Timmy can use it to play Roblox and Forkknife!
For sure, and tbh to really take advantage of FOSS they would need to be tech companies in the first place (i.e. know how to hire developers and manage software projects). The next company that can actually value add on software to the product will have a real contender, till then it's just hardware manufacturers filling in the shrinking niche of games that don't run on the steam deck yet.
Valve: Oh hey another thing you can buy games from us on 🤣
It's the only company I'm OK with having a sort of monopoly.
Man, people like you will end up regretting their opinion once Gabe retires/dies.
I mean, worse thing that can happen is that valve becomes a public traded company with greedy stockholders... Like basically all their current competitors. I'm happy that a lot of what they did with Proton is FOSS. Even if they stop tomorrow, all that work will remain and continue. That's a lasting contribution. Not sure I can say the same for the rest.
The more we have similar form factor competitors means more publishers will push to support them.