According to these new numbers from Valve, the Linux customer base is up to 1.96%, or a 0.52% jump over June! That’s a huge jump with normally just moving 0.1% or so in either direction most months… It’s also near an all-time high on a percentage basis going back to the early days of Steam on Linux when it had around a 2% marketshare but at that time the Steam customer size in absolute numbers was much smaller a decade ago than it is now. So if the percentage numbers are accurate, this is likely the largest in absolute terms that the Linux gaming marketshare has ever been.

Data from Valve: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Software-Survey-Welcome-to-Steam?platform=combined

  • @[email protected]
    4•1 year ago

    I do go with you, that nobody is stopping them using it. I was just pissed from the statement of the author of the comment, saying, if you don’t stop using it, you are just an addict. That is simply not true, because of the bullshit DRM, one is bound to the platform. I aswell try to get away from DRM as much as possible but I of course reject ditching Steam completely. I won’t throw away all the games I bought just to get rid of “spyware” or rather not-perfectly-privacy-friendly-marketplace-software using the horror DRM is.

      • sickday
        1•1 year ago

        that infringes on your right

        Which one(s)? Very interested to know if Valve is breaking the law by operating their digital storefront.

        • Metaright
          2•1 year ago

          Rights are not a purely legal concept. You can have rights that are not codified by law.

          • sickday
            1•1 year ago

            Sure, but in that case it should absolutely be specified what type of “right” we’re referring to. I’m guessing this falls in category of moral rights? They’re breaking our moral rights by operating the same way each other digital storefront does.

            • Metaright
              2•1 year ago

              More clarification would be helpful, I agree.

              the same way each other digital storefront does

              I’m not sure if I’m understanding you correctly, but “everyone else is doing evil too” is not an incredibly effective defense against doing evil.

              • sickday
                1•1 year ago

                I’m not defending their activities; I was looking for clarification on what the OP was claiming. My last sentence summary is essentially that.

                  • sickday
                    1•1 year ago

                    All good. Just wanted to add that its nice we can have this convo without insulting eachother lol.

              • sickday
                1•1 year ago

                That has nothing to do with the multiple different meanings of the word “rights”. Plus anyone spending any significant amount of time in a legal field is going to have a much different interpretation than what you’re implying here. That’s why I said you should have been explicit with what you meant.

      • @[email protected]
        -4•1 year ago

        Steam pushed gambling down their throat with lootboxes. They now have to play and win prizes or their dopamine hits the floor

      • @[email protected]
        1•1 year ago

        Sure, I get that, but as I said, if you already “own” quite some amount of games on steam I think it’s reasonable to not have your money completely wasted by refusing to use steam at all. Social bindings are an “issue” as well. If the multiplayer game you want to play with your friends is for some reason bound to steam, then many will choose their friends over their privacy. And I think we all know how hard it is to get others away from their comfort zone. Same with the debate to get rid of Discord.