I prefer freedom from windows to freedom of windows
this post was submitted on 08 Jun 2025
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I also prefer windowless basements
Interesting. Obviously Valve has them spooked. When was the last time MS came out with a product that at least made an appearance of caring about what users want?
Honestly if I was them I would be very worried. As people move away from the Microsoft ecosystem Microsoft slowly loses control of the market.
The Steamdeck is flying off the shelves. I hope that many other companies start going Linux outside of value as the more companies involved the less likely one will ruin everything.
The Windows ecosystem is an abominable pile of half-finished apps and dark patterns that should be slam dunked into the trash. The problem is in the leadership that is laser-focused on milking business users who are used to Microsoft's abusive practices.
laser-focused on milking business users who are used to Microsoft's abusive practices.
The funniest thing I notice is how IT departments have to enforce all kinds of group policies and custom scripts and things to crowbar Windows into shutting up and just being a work OS.
It's just standard practice at this point to fight the thing into submission to get an install image that's not nagging users or trying to upsell them on cloud nonsense and whatnot.
It would of been smart to redo the whole thing and start over after they said windows 10 would be the last windows...
Fuck compatibility and just start over with windows 2... Get rid of the bloat and crap... But yeah that would actually make more sense than making more profit...
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Best estimate that Iβve been about to find on Steam Deck sales is somewhere between 4-6 million, which considering everything is astounding. Iβm on my second Deck (upgraded to OLED).
I actually decided to sit out the Switch 2 launch because Iβm so satisfied with the Deck (and a lack of groundbreaking Nintendo games at launch).
Assuming you are right that's about half of the total Wii U sales
Small compared to well known giants but this is really the first real successful console Value has launched
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Not even sure they care any more. They make so much money from corporate Office use and Azure that everything else could disappear tomorrow.
Half the world went from applications to web based stuff years ago. Them and Amazon are now running most of that, regardless of you using Windows or Linux.
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If all you know are walls, windows will feel like freedom
This is a bit like the Playstation slogan "play has no limits". No limits except for, well, everything
"Play has no limits, but your credit card does. Let's aim for that."
Well that's a cooler slogan at least compared to the retro one, how'd it go...
"Live in your world, play in our walled garden locked behind a PSN account that might suddenly withdraw access to things you paid for while shuffling different tier systems and prices around and remember the BMG music rootkits? That was fun."
... Or something like that, it's been so long.
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Let's see if they can optimize W11 for this and challenge SteamOS πͺ
Even if I root for Linux, competition is always good and drives Innovation.
competition is always good
/me gestures at the hundreds of streaming platforms
good for who?
In a way, streaming platforms arenβt truly competition because theyβre founded on the idea of exclusivity. If they all had the same content, it would be good for the consumer.
As always, copyright rules cause innovation to be slowed, exactly the opposite of what capitalists claim.
That's actually a good point and I hadn't thought of that before. A bajillion streaming services would be fine if they all had the same content.
Music streaming services seems more like true competition. For the most part, they all have the same music.
The kicker is that music suffers from the exact same copyright system. The big labels could absolutely start their own walled garden if they wanted.
Wouldn't the ease of access for music piracy in comparison to video piracy be the true barrier keeping them in check? Audio doesn't exactly have massive file sizes, and the ability to rip audio from any source has become more accessible than ever.
I wonder when streaming services may have their "Napster moment".
Or, toss in a blank tape, tune to your favorite station and hit record. Had quite a few radio mix tapes as a young teen XD
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Freedom from windows. Thanks.
You get to change wallpaper maybe.
Enjoy your extra 20% battery drain with windows.
Was more than 20%. Battery life was like 2.5 hours on Windows and about 7 on Linux (on an undemanding game)
Presumably Windows is pricking about in the background, and not letting it go into an energy saving mode.
.... Compared to what?
If you compare to MacOS, then yeah, maybe.
Compared to whatever the Switch 2 runs...yeah 100%.
Good point.
Assuming itβs gonna be a mostly normal windows OS, this will have an idle menu battery life of 1 hour
Charge it in the morning and it's dead when you go to use it. Good news is: your bag is nice and warm now. That's what you wanted, right? .... right?
This has happened to me way too frequently back when I had windows on my laptop lol
She actually said that live during xbox live. This is exact moment. https://youtu.be/_M3QwLBrg8g?t=2351
I was watching with one eye when she said that and I was like waaaat ?
"Device battery life is like air conditioning. It becomes useless once you open Windows."
- somebody
First thing I would do if I got that thing would be to wipe it and install SteamOS on it for the best user experience. Way better and faster than whatever garbage micro$oft put on it.
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I mean IDK maybe they mean the "freedom of Windows" compared to like, some bastardized Android sometimes found on third party "gaming handhelds"?
Lol
lol.
lmao even.
If this means that an Xbox compatibility layer is coming to windows, I'm slightly interested.
Unfortunately, it does not.
Im holding my breath hoping Xbox is smart enough to realize they need to merge their PC and Xbox game stores.... But the technical overhead required to do such a thing probably means they wont, even though theyre the only company that could pull it off.
Not pursuing this will mean the death of Xbox hardware, mark my words.
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