• Auster@thebrainbin.orgOPM
    32·
    3 months ago

    Pushing for Linux, Proton, open hardware (even if partially), seemingly at the point of obsession…

    I suspect they do so after Microsoft released Windows Live, a competitor to Steam that came by default in the system Valve supported.

    • Auster@thebrainbin.orgOPM
      17·
      3 months ago

      If someone at Valve had a change of heart, or just want to save their hides after that, either way, a major company pushing for things that result in #deshittification is a win-win situation afaik. =)

      (Also breaking the post like this due to bridging it to Bluesky and fediverse microblogging)

      • Sushi
        1·
        3 months ago

        Wasn’t that an intentionally Portal 2 teaser, or am I thinking of a different time

  • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    26·
    3 months ago

    Sweet! I’m going to 3d print one and sit in front of my TV making spaceship noises pretending I’m playing a game!

  • SCmSTREnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Valve has a monopoly Valve has a monopoly Valve has a monopoly Valve has a monopoly /s

    • Auster@thebrainbin.orgOPM
      2·
      3 months ago

      😬

      But jokes aside, I’d say it’s closer to being part of an oligopoly. And when a player of such market dynamic moves in an “undesirable” way (to the others involved), it lessens maneuver capacity from the others.