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7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux
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Thank you Lord Gaben
Thank you to the workers who actually programmed, tested, and implemented the thing*
to his credit as a billionaire he could have paid all those people to do something that sucks way more
To Gaben's credit he collects a lot less of the surplus these workers create than most other billionaires. But yes.
I'm glad he's not as evil as the other billionaires, but can we stop with the billionaire simping? Ironic that an account on a left-wing anarchist instance made that comment lmao
It's a meme
He's still a billionaire tho 🤮
It’s corporations making money off of OSS all the way down
How do they make money with proton and foss?
They sell games to people with SteamDecks, I guess. My comment was probably a bit blunt TBF. I think Valve is transformative in the gaming space. They’re not doing it for free though, and I think it helps to remember that.
Proton actually is free, I use it without a Steam Deck. I mean yeah they build a handheld console and they are allowed to sell it I guess? They don't sell SteamOS and they don't sell Proton, I could use both without paying them a dime right now. Legally. They also upstream to Wine ... Actually for free?