• Vilian@lemmy.ca
    43·
    9 months ago

    they don’t know to make a good android app, and you want them to make an entire cellphone💀💀

    • TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
      66·
      9 months ago

      They made an entire Linux-powered portable game system that’s revolutionizing Linux gaming at the moment…an embedded engineer is not the same skillset as an app developer. Not even close.

      • lemmeee@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        9 months ago

        They made a device with a proprietary operating system and proprietary software. If you really want that, why not just use Android?

          • lemmeee@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            9 months ago

            Steam OS is proprietary.

            But Arch contains proprietary firmware, so technically it’s not fully free software either.

            • Titou@feddit.de
              2·
              9 months ago

              SteamOS is open source with some closed sources component. But most important think you seems not being able to understand is that Valve provide high support to Open source community, which means it wouldn’t be surprising if they decided to drop a open source phone.

              • lemmeee@sh.itjust.works
                1·
                9 months ago

                SteamOS is open source with some closed sources component.

                So it is not free software. It’s proprietary, unethical software that takes away your freedom. Just like Windows, Android, etc.

                But most important think you seems not being able to understand is that Valve provide high support to Open source community, which means it wouldn’t be surprising if they decided to drop a open source phone.

                By doing what? They only want to lock you in their proprietary platform. Most of heir software is proprietary, their games are proprietary and they restrict users with DRM. It’s a terrible company, which abuses their users. If Steam Deck contains proprietary software, why would their phone by anything different?