The phone you use on your personal time isn’t, and if an employer mandates that you use an iPhone, they’d better buy it for you.

I absolutely hate that. I’d rather just not be friends with those people. I’d think less of them if they’re not smart enough to use a messaging group that works on more than one type of phone.

The fact that there’s a lock in at all pisses me off enough that I’d force our group to change apps or exclude me, I’d be doing them a favor imo. I’d be more polite about it, of course, but I have no use for closed ecosystems that only work on one device, and I’m not quiet about it. I don’t care what device you use, even if it’s an apple device, but don’t use software that doesn’t also work on other devices.

I also can’t wait for a Linux phone, I’m tired of Google’s involvement with Android. I also don’t like Google and Samsung devices. The nice thing is that you can choose others.

Yeah, that’s what I meant. Haven’t had 64GB in my deck for a long time.

Switching phones is easy or doable for everyone, assuming you just switch when you’re upgrading your phone anyways.

Or the lowest GB version and upgrade - though the 64GB is no longer available, so I’m guessing that’s less economical than it was.

Edit 64, not 16

Interesting, thanks for clarifying.

Often it could be compatible, but the developers just don’t bother. The anit-cheat that GTAO implemented works on Linux in other games, but not GTA, because they can’t be bothered to give a fuck.

OneWheel is the manufacturer.

I’ve set up filebrowser quantum and am pretty happy with it. I also have skipped over nextcloud due to the reasons you mentioned, as I really don’t want all of the extra stuff, plus, I’ve heard it’s a pain to maintain. Seafile wouldn’t work for me for the same reasons as you.

The main thing it’s missing is offline automatic syncing of files, though I’m not sure any self hosted file app supports that unfortunately.

One wheels aren’t shit for being dangerous, they’re shit for bricking the device if you try to replace the fucking battery, as well as other anti-consumer practices.

I haven’t used consoles for gaming in so long I forgot about that haha, good point.

You probably do have a point there. The SteamDeck did manage to make it to the point where people that couldn’t give a rats ass about Linux have picked them up, so I’d say it’s possible, though maybe not likely.

Twice as expensive? Cheaper than $700 is not twice as expensive as $500.

Sure, it’d be nice if it were $500 or less, but from what I understand, it isn’t possible (I’d love to be proven wrong). PS is able to sell hardware at a loss to then recoup that loss in game sales. The Steam Machine is a PC. You don’t have to buy anything from Steam to use it after you buy it. It cannot be sold at a loss - though I wouldn’t be surprised to see Steam Machine packaged with games during sales to make it a better value for the same cost or something.

Moving from fact to opinion, I think the steam machine, for under $700, could be considered a better value than a PS or Xbox, for two reasons. The first is Steam Sales - you’ll probably save a couple hundred bucks as compared to buying the same games on a console. Secondly, and more importantly, it’s not only a gaming console for your living room, but also a PC for your living room as, when combined with the Steam Controller, I can’t think of a better way to use a full desktop on my TV. The SteamDeck track pads make it totally practical to use a normal desktop without a mouse and keyboard. They’re amazing for mousing, scrolling, and typing. I’ll probably buy it for that alone - though the lack of support for DRM protected media might force me to continue using my Xbox as a media console - though I might also tell media platforms where to shove their DRM, becuase it obviously isn’t working if I can acquire their media from other sources.

Tl;dr: it will likely be more expensive, as it can’t be sold at a loss or tight margins - but cheaper games and the fact that it’s a full fledged PC for your TV could make the additional cost make sense.

The same reason people go into debt for a burrito. It’s easier for people to justify a smaller cost now, and valve will make than money back later with extra games sold, especially in the case of the Frame.

Hearing that is so refreshing. Microsoft/Google would never put something like that on their website because you are the product.

Exactly, but I don’t see anything keeping them from selling the Frame at a loss or tight margin. What else are you going to use that with but Steam games?

Even the Steam Controller is useless without Steam Input, but I’d argue it won’t necessarily sell more games. Maybe they could include it with the Steam Machine for “free” to bump the price of the machine up enough to not make sense for a company, but still sell it at a tight margin to sell more games.

What in the AI generated bullshit spam are your posts? You’ve made like 4 to this community in the past day, and your account is less than a month old. Stop it.

I think this will also be great for couch gaming with games that weren’t intended to be used with a controller, much like the SteamDeck. The track pads open up so much flexibility.