squaresinger
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- Comment on Gaming handheld prices are out of control, except for the Steam Deck 1 week ago:
Total agreement.
It sucks when a device category dies and disappears. Most people might not care, but those who do really do, and it sucks when you can’t upgrade to what you want anymore.
I’m not a handheld guy, but for me, it’s phones with keyboards.
So if there’s somebody making boutique devices for niche audiences, more power to them!
Handheld gaming PCs are really not necessary devices, so if you can’t afford a high-end one, get a cheap one. And if you can’t afford that, stick a gamepad on your phone and boot up a switch emulator or winlator.
Leave people their niche hobbies!
- Comment on DuckStation dev dropping support for Linux 4 weeks ago:
That happens so often with non-corporation FOSS. Some dude makes something cool and shares it for free, and in turn they get a butload of entitled support requests of idiots who think that “customer is king” applies for stuff they didn’t pay for too, and who think that the developer owes them something for using his software.
A similar thing happened with M66B. He got so fed up that he pulled all his apps. Luckily people managed to talk him out of it, but it’s really understandable.
- Comment on DuckStation dev dropping support for Linux 4 weeks ago:
Because he kept getting entitled support requests for badly packaged versions of his project in some linux distros.
- Comment on DuckStation dev dropping support for Linux 4 weeks ago:
The entitlement is strong. But not with the person who creates an open source emulator in their spare time and gives it away for free, but for those who demand free support.
- Comment on [Help] Buying Steam Deck locally vs internationally 1 month ago:
Especially considering that warranty is usually region-locked. You usually can’t claim warranty from outside of the country where you bought it.
So if your friend in France has to claim warranty, they’d have to first ship it to Canada so that someone else (e.g. you) can do the warranty claim for them.
- Comment on [Help] Buying Steam Deck locally vs internationally 1 month ago:
Also, warranty is usually region-locked, even if the device is not.
Buying a steam deck in Canada usually gives you warranty in Canada. So of you then use the device in France and it breaks, then you have to first ship it to some friend in Canada, so they can do a warranty claim.