like I said with the california bill, would *love* to see how this would be enforced with open-source software redistributed through a billion different services with no personal ownership by any person or entity

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yet another reminder that piracy laws should be updated with a whole lot of exceptions

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Quoting: GoEsrThe difference to Steam is that you only have to do it once, just like downloading the offline installers.

So...there's no difference? You can launch games with DLCs on Steam without being online you know, it doesn't make a difference once it's installed

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Quoting: GustyGhostAge (identity by another name) verification faces the same barriers that gaming anticheat has with Linux. They both seek to restrict users in some fashion on an operating system which is fundamentally built around not restricting users.

except a lot worse because while people like what anti-cheat does when it works properly, *nobody* wants this on their system

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Quoting: Cyba.Cowboy

Quoting: ScottCarammell

Quoting: Cyba.CowboyThat's NEVER gonna happen - Tim Sweeny is openly anti-Linux, and he's quite vocal about it, too. If you're really keen, you can play it on your Stream Deck via Remote Play... It takes a bit of mucking around to get the settings just right, so gameplay is smooth; but it works.

I wouldn't be that cynical about it, it's always possible especially as Linux continues to grow. But unlikely? Definitely

Have you ever read Tim Sweeny's comments about Linux? The man almost-certainly has more love for Hitler than he does for Linux.

ok let's be so fr here he wasn't advocating for all linux users to be flayed in the town square he just sucks up to Microsoft way too much. the fact Unreal 5 natively compiles for Linux at all when it released during an era of decreasing Linux ports and increasing reliance on Proton shows he isn't pulling out all the stops to actively sabotage Linux adoption, he's just really slow and wants Microsoft to buy out his failed company.

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oh. I thought they weren't gonna bother. alright fair enough, buying

update: bought it, controller doesn't work with the native version. steam deck and desktop. incredible. baffling

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyThat's NEVER gonna happen - Tim Sweeny is openly anti-Linux, and he's quite vocal about it, too. If you're really keen, you can play it on your Stream Deck via Remote Play... It takes a bit of mucking around to get the settings just right, so gameplay is smooth; but it works.

I wouldn't be that cynical about it, it's always possible especially as Linux continues to grow. But unlikely? Definitely

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Quoting: BumadarSo the game is out on the pc, it is utterly brilliant (finished it on the ps5) but because future ps5 games might not come to the pc your not buying it. You do understand that if enough people do this they are kind of making the point for Sony because of low sales right? Having massive sales would actually show them the error of their ways.

except Sony's stopping PC ports because they want absolute control over their consumers, not because of low sales. so no, massive sales would not show them the error of their ways.

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shame, I actually really enjoyed Fortnite in my pre-Linux days and was hoping it'd finally come here someday. looking less likely by the day. Sweeney you damn idiot.

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If this had happened 3 years earlier, I would be using Opera GX.

I am no longer interested in Opera GX.

Sucks to suck.

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