Epic is Linux adverse mainly because of its Chinese investors. They don’t want to open source their spyware.
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Buffalox@lemmy.world 8 months agoSteam does keep winning and it’s because of convenience for consumers.
As a Linux user, nothing else comes even close. I can read on ProtonDB if I can expect a Windows game to just work, and more often than not, it does.
GOG is also a great concept, and somewhat Linux friendly, but it doesn’t have the Steam “click and play” convenience.
Epic Game Store however, has been decidedly Linux hostile for some reason??? As I see it, Steam and GOG are for gamers, Epic Game Store is for business. It would be a dark day for gamers, if Epic ever became dominant.
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 8 months ago
hips_and_nips@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Why would they have to open source anything? Just because it’s running on Linux doesn’t mean it’s OSS or even F(L)OSS. Steam isn’t open source either.
Rose@lemmy.world 8 months ago
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not to mention that open source software can and sometimes does contain spyware.
That seems allot more like a one-off, a one time thing.
Also, anyone can view the source code for the open source product.
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Nobody with two brain cells says foss can’t have spy/malware. What’s true is only that in important projects, it is very likely it will raise flags very soon. For example, see your link
nix@merv.news 8 months ago
That makes literally zero sense. If anything Chinese investors would want the open source operating system to be the most popular since the US is becoming more hostile and banning them from stuff more and more. Its why they’re investing in RISC-V development and the US is considering being hostile towards it for “national security reasons”
Buffalox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I would think China would be eager to get out of western (USA) dominated Operating Systems.
I know Russia has attempted it as couple of times, but with very little success.
drasticpotatoes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
Tim Sweeney can eat my asshole.
DingoBilly@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Steam and GoG are not just free services for gamers either. At their core they are businesses, and they invest significantly to try and make people spend more/get addicted to their services.
I hate this whole idea that some companies are your friend. That just shows their marketing and branding is working on people and blinding people.
CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I hate this whole idea that some companies are your friend.
It’s not a matter of them being your friend or not, it’s a matter of them respecting their customers, and giving their customers what they want, generating a win-win.
These days most corporations are very happy with the win-lose scenarios, as it maximizes their profits.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
The contributions Valve has made to Linux really, really can’t be understated.
It’s been 20 years of the joke “It’s finally the year of the Linux Desktop” and Valve took the desktop for a miss and made 2023 “the year of the Linux Portable PC Gaming Handheld.”