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Microsoft prepares to take Xbox everywhere (www.theverge.com)

submitted 9 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago (5 children)

...computers that are locked down like game consoles, if they have their way.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

They won't. Windows isn't even the best way to play Windows games, anymore. x86 itself might become a suggestion - a legacy bytecode for LLVM to consume.

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I do agree with you. The current state of things is pretty great.

I have a phone, laptop, desktop, and steam deck. I control the software that runs on all of them, at least down to the bootloader/kernel. If I want to patch a kernel, I can do it. And aside from the phone, I can probably run the majority of the games that have ever been released (on any platform), on any of them.

I worry about two things in the future:

Will be able to buy modern hardware without the software it runs being restricted?
Will online services used by software be accessible without hardware based attestation?

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

I have similar worries. I think there will always be some kind of free hardware, but it might be limited to slower arm or risc-v chips. But I doubt there will even be a situation where you can’t have control.

Your second point is not something I’ve considered, but now I’m worried about it and can totally see that being a thing.

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