this post was submitted on 18 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is really just going to make Apple more sales and cripple the PC gaming market.

Then, Apple will do it and… maybe that will be the year of Linux desktop? 😉

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Linux Gaming is now a truly viable force thanks to Steam (Proton). The PC Gaming market will be fine without Windows.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As much as I hate being bled to death by subscription services, It’s probably still cheaper to subscribe to windows for a whole decade than use an apple computer outright for half that time.

The majority of Linux users aren’t in it because it’s free (as in free beer) anyway, and most broke gamers will likely continue to just pirate windows regardless.

However now that data usage and privacy and security is becoming a hot topic in the age of AI, I think once Microsoft and apple both start getting really brazen with their telemetry and embedded spyware, it will finally be the year of the Linux desktop! ;)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Apple is by far the worst offender of expensive shit products. It's not going to make apple gain shit...the barrier to entry for an apple computer is just fucking stupid for what you get...nothing that good.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Manifesting this outcome right now