Ulrich
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- Comment on Has the Deck turned *off* any other Steam users? 2 days ago:
Yes that’s why I linked to the article so you could see how you were incorrect.
- Comment on Has the Deck turned *off* any other Steam users? 2 days ago:
There is no doubt. Sony is actually a great example because they were the ones who tried to remove purchases from Discovery. They faced zero legal consequences. There wasn’t even any discussion of legal consequences because it’s perfectly legal. Ultimately Sony worked it out with Discovery to restore those purchases but they did not do that out of legality or out of kindness. They did it for their reputation. If Sony starts removing your streaming purchases, the same purchases you can make any a dozen other platforms, are you going to continue purchasing from them? Hail nah.
Concord was a bit different in that the content was only available for ~2 weeks so I’d imagine that would fall into some sort of legal grey area and they’d end up being sued or worse. As of yet, I don’t think “how long must ‘purchases’ be available?” has been tested in court.
- Comment on Has the Deck turned *off* any other Steam users? 2 days ago:
You’re being needlessly pedantic. It solves OP’s problem of playing their library in multiple rooms simultaneously.
- Comment on what games run okay but drain too much battery 6 days ago:
I mean half the games in my library will max out the power draw at ~21w
- Comment on Reminder if you're leaving Discord for this Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators) 2 weeks ago:
You forgot Gardiner’s PeerTube
- Comment on Lenovo - Legion Go S with Valve's SteamOS gets a price increase at Best Buy 2 weeks ago:
As if it wasn’t overpriced enough before…
Valve really needs to find better partners…
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Deck is just 4 months out of warranty and suddenly dies. Of course you’d be raging wouldn’t you?
I mean I’d be disappointed, but not with Valve. Shit happens. If it was a known issue that impacted lots of people, yes. Anything outside the warranty period is just good will if they cover it.
Fortunately Valve made them super repairable.
- Comment on Good couch co-op/multiplayer games? 3 weeks ago:
River City Girls is free on Epic right now. Side-scroller fighting game a la Ninja Turtles. Only 2P though.
- Comment on Market research firm International Data Corporation estimated that between 3.7 and 4 million Steam Deck had been sold by the third anniversary of the device in February 2025. 4 weeks ago:
I hope Valve can improve on their market-share
I wish someone would actually compete with Valve instead.
- Comment on Steam deck OLED 1TB or Asus ROG Ally X with Bazzite? 4 weeks ago:
It’s so much worse than that. They ignore what you sent it in for entirely, flag a bunch of unnecessary repairs, then hold the device for ransom until you pay.
- Comment on Steam deck OLED 1TB or Asus ROG Ally X with Bazzite? 4 weeks ago:
ASUS is a shit company with a long track record of shitfuckery. Valve is pretty much the opposite from what I can tell. For that reason alone I would avoid the Ally like the plague.
If that’s not enough, there’s also trackpads and gyro, lighter weight, overall thinner, and cheaper.
- Comment on Should I say fuck it and buy a steam deck now? Before all the tariffs hit. 5 weeks ago:
Every day is another day of your life spent without a Steam Deck. 😞
- Comment on 12 Nintendo Switch 2 Games You Can Play On Steam Deck Today 5 weeks ago:
You don’t have to set it up. It’s built in.
- Comment on Right time to switching to SteamOS (not Bazzite) on my RoG Ally? 5 weeks ago:
I would seriously reconsider it if I were you. If you haven’t seen the Gamers Nexus reporting on this, you should. They will take the devices, claim a bunch of damage that has nothing to do with what you sent it in for, claim that it needs a bunch of repairs that it doesn’t, then hold it for ransom until you pay it.
- Comment on Right time to switching to SteamOS (not Bazzite) on my RoG Ally? 5 weeks ago:
So you’re going to be sending it in for RMA then?
- Comment on Right time to switching to SteamOS (not Bazzite) on my RoG Ally? 5 weeks ago:
I’m currently back on Windows (for warranty purpose
There’s no reason this should impact your warranty. But also your ASUS warranty is meaningless anyway. Unless you want your device held for a ransom.
- Comment on The Phawx got real SteamOS running on the ROG Ally 1 month ago:
Bazzite is great but people are going to be far more likely to install SteamOS just because it’s Steam.
- Comment on The Phawx got real SteamOS running on the ROG Ally 1 month ago:
I mean “real SteamOS” has always been available. It was just never tailored to those devices.
- Comment on [Help] YouTube TV stopped working today, now redirects to normal YouTube 1 month ago:
I just realized YouTube TV is not the same thing as the YouTube app on Android TV…
- Comment on [Discussion] The Steam Spring sale is live, what games are you buying for your Deck? 1 month ago:
Nice. Well I happened to see it on sale on GoG and I prefer to buy from there anyway so I’ll give it another try.
- Comment on [Discussion] The Steam Spring sale is live, what games are you buying for your Deck? 1 month ago:
Yes. What do I do about that?
- Comment on New Junk-Store update (install and play Epic Games + GOG on the Steam Deck) 1 month ago:
GOG is a once-off payment of $6
Where do I send this?
- Comment on [Discussion] The Steam Spring sale is live, what games are you buying for your Deck? 1 month ago:
- Gris
- Balatro
- mirror’s Edge
- Horizon Forbidden West (saving this one for desktop)
- Comment on Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators) 1 month ago:
Discord relentlessly badgers you to spend more money, sells your data to AI companies, and is about to IPO. How much worse could it get?
- Comment on Revolt server ( Linux + Steam Deck devs / creators) 1 month ago:
The other big FOSS Discord alternative is Synapse-Matrix with the Element X client
I don’t know why people keep comparing Discord and Matrix. They’re nothing alike. And the Element X app doesn’t even support “spaces”.
- Comment on Some questions before probably getting a Steam Deck 2 months ago:
I’ll probably get a (maybe used) Steam Deck by the end of 2025
If you’re looking at used devices, it may be best to keep your options open. Most other devices can have Bazzite installed and work more or less just like SteamOS.
Except getting Gnome, what are the advantages of getting Bazzite over Steam OS?
I have Bazzite on every device I own, except for Steam Deck. It’s just easier to get troubleshooting help, not that I’ve ever needed it. There’s also not really any benefit that I can tell, other than if you want to use it as actually a desktop computer, as SteamOS is missing some pretty basic utilities, as it’s not really designed for that purpose.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #3 2 months ago:
Good stuff, thanks!
- Comment on Stupid question about steam packages on sale 2 months ago:
I don’t know but I have the same question and it’s insane that it’s not obvious what’s in the package they’re expecting you to buy.
- Comment on Steam Deck News 2 months ago:
I install them with Heroic. Then tick the setting to automatically add them to Steam. Then launch them from Steam. Doesn’t always work but usually it does. Sometimes I have to launch them from Heroic first.
- Comment on [Discussion] What accessories do you use with your steam deck? 2 months ago:
Literally nothing haha