The Duff CEO with a Windows-Logo on his forehead: “Gamers use Windows because of its’ user experience not our de facto monopoly.”

Next Image: Duff CEO with Windows-Logo in front of a “Out of Business” sign. Subtitle: “30 minutes after SteamOS is released”

Edit: Yo, I’m not saying this is gonna happen. I just want to say that Windew’s UX sucks ass.

  • stevedice@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 hours ago

    Lawsuits won’t do anything to stop Microsoft in the short term, look at what happened to Netscape. Valve understands that “voting with your wallet” doesn’t work because the majority of people will buy whatever the current monopoly holder tells them to buy.

    wild conspiracy theories…

    Do you live under a rock? Valve has been very clear about their intentions since the days of the Steam machines.

    https://www.zdnet.com/article/valve-windows-8-is-a-catastrophe-for-pcs/

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      3 hours ago

      “I think we’ll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market. I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people. If that’s true, then it will be good to have alternatives to hedge against that eventuality.”

      It was done for profit. The exact thing I’ve been saying.

      • stevedice@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        12·
        3 hours ago

        That quote doesn’t mean what you think it means. And you haven’t been saying it was done for profit, you’ve been saying it was done because “people voted with their wallet”.

        • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
          1·
          37 minutes ago

          you haven’t been saying it was done for profit, you’ve been saying it was done because “people voted with their wallet”.

          🤡

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          2 hours ago

          Companies will do something if they have a profit incentive to do so. They will not do things if they do not have a profit incentive to do so. People voting with their wallet creates a profit incentive.