8 Years later my Steam Link is still getting regular updates

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• Rayspekt@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wish they'd still sell those as hardware units

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  • MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sadly, they can’t sell the controller anymore because they got patent trolled.

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    • deafboy@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They must’ve dealt with it somehow, otherwise the steamdeck would be in violation as well.

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• mceldritch@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I still use mine just about everyday.

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• AdamUllstrom@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Uh! I gotta find mine and try this! Thanka

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• Ashtear@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I wish I had one of these 😩

  I used to run the service through the app on my Samsung TV and it ran mostly ok before Samsung pulled the plug on it last year.

  I tried setting up a second PC to run it through but I get awful frame loss even on a wired connection, and even in the Steam menus!

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  • theangryseal@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They’re like 30 bucks on eBay.

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    • Ashtear@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ya, I’ve thought about it. I’ve always figured they’d stop working at some point, but then a post like this shows up, heh.

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• chandz05@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah still use mine! Best way to stream from my PC upstairs to my TV downstairs!

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  • mceldritch@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is my exact usage case.

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• netwren@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I love mine. Had audio streaming break for me but switched my desktop to Linux. Back to perfect function.

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• finn_der_mensch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Valve being a cool company might be true and all but I think there’s also the real reason that steam makes money by selling games, and making it easy for users to stick to gaming (with steam) ensures ongoing income. Imagine someone who now loves gaming on TV but being annoyed by their broken steam link - what are they going to buy next? A PlayStation and years without a game sold to them.

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• egeres@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s amazing! I wonder what things are left to polish or update 🤔

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  • ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s got little bits in it that connect to the network and handle basic encryption and such. Over time, those libraries will all have small bugs fixed in them, and it’s important enough to update them that it’s worth updating the device, regardless of any other changes to make sure it can keep talking to the steam client on the computer and stuff.

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• circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have one of these that I never use. Good to know they’re still getting updates. I do have a potential application for mine in the near future.

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