Valve 1vAll they're getting a ton of XP for this.

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They could use this extra time to polish up the Linux client with 64 bit and other things that don't rely on semiconductor manufacture.

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In the end

Spoiler, click me

US intelligentsia come and raid your lab and squirrel away all your life's work before pushing the idea that its all quack science through the great wurlitzer.

Disclaimer I've played exactly zero hours of this game

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Quoting: Liam DaweAh, but you've touched on a good point actually. With open source - nothing stops people taking a distro and doing a spin with a patch to remove it all huh? How will they deal with anything like that...

By tying it to a 'must have' watering hole, so that people will want it a la Brave New World. Just look at how many swallow in-browser DRM just to pound down a few shows on streaming sites.

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Quoting: melkemindThey could also try to sabotage Proton or pull some other shady stuff.

While PC gaming continues growing beyond predictions, this is no doubt a move to protect the moat. It is one of the dangers of having normalized translation layers like Proton. Microsoft remains in the position to say 'jump' and any translation tool has no choice but to follow.

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Glad to have never touched either of these things. It's like I have spidey sense for malware or something.

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Free and open internet <-----------(You are here)---------------------> The Great Western Firewall

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Bloomberg article without the paywall [External Link]

And while we're getting around artificial barriers, Proton's success has taught me that adversarial interoperability [External Link] is a great path for those who value freedom and choice.

https://rpcs4.com/ [External Link]

https://rpcsx.net/ [External Link]

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I stand corrected. Duh moment

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Further supporting my theory

Linux Mint 22.2 64 bit 2.59% -3.98%

Linux Mint, the newbie distro that all those starry-eyed Windows migrants were told to try out -3.98%.

They got frustrated or disappointed and promptly reinstalled Windows because the anticheat in their favorite Furry hero shooter refuses to support Linux.

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