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    8 months ago

    They made a device with a proprietary operating system and proprietary software. If you really want that, why not just use Android?

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        8 months ago

        Steam OS is proprietary.

        But Arch contains proprietary firmware, so technically it’s not fully free software either.

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          8 months ago

          SteamOS is open source with some closed sources component. But most important think you seems not being able to understand is that Valve provide high support to Open source community, which means it wouldn’t be surprising if they decided to drop a open source phone.

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            8 months ago

            SteamOS is open source with some closed sources component.

            So it is not free software. It’s proprietary, unethical software that takes away your freedom. Just like Windows, Android, etc.

            But most important think you seems not being able to understand is that Valve provide high support to Open source community, which means it wouldn’t be surprising if they decided to drop a open source phone.

            By doing what? They only want to lock you in their proprietary platform. Most of heir software is proprietary, their games are proprietary and they restrict users with DRM. It’s a terrible company, which abuses their users. If Steam Deck contains proprietary software, why would their phone by anything different?

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                  8 months ago

                  Valve didn’t invent that. It’s a slightly modified fork of Wine - software that people have been developing and using for 30 years.

                  And ? How is it supposed to comes into contradiction with the fact it’s open source ? There’s many things based on something, it’s not new

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                    8 months ago

                    Valve mainly makes proprietary software. Proton doesn’t do anything new. It just contains some fixes for Steam games. Nobody cares about it other than Steam users. You are acting like they invented something here. They didn’t. They just want to lock you in their platform.