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brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 days agoAnd yet, with Proton they’re one of the biggest contributors to Linux adoption in the past several years.
They are also routing million of users through a proprietary third software launcher. Don’t forget that steam was built on and fueled the windows ecosystem for two decades.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
That’s nonsense, as if Windows needed any help being dominant in its heyday
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 days ago
Most people don’t really use windowns because they like it but because of the third parties applications that only run on windows, so yea you can point the finger at third parties.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Most techies, maybe. MAYBE. Linux has not been anywhere near user friendly enough over the past 2 decades to be remotely usable by normal people. Not a chance.
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 2 days ago
This hasn’t been true for at last a decade. Go ahead and install linux and windows and let us know which one is easier to get and install.
StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
If only a giant corporation like steam made their own Linux based OS and poured huge resources into an open source compatibility layer(maybe even call It proton) that would move more people to Linux and even create more incentive for third party developers to have Linux versions of their applications because of the growing market sjare of end users using linux that would be exciting… 👀👀👀
brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 3 days ago
Had valve not made its own linux based OS they would had to release this machine with windows preinstalled. Microsoft is valve competitor.