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cm0002@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago

Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS

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Microsoft should be terrified of SteamOS

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Linux Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago
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SteamOS is spreading beyond Valve's hardware. That could threaten Microsoft's hold on PC gaming...or even Windows' hold on the PC market.
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    Why not ditch MacOS? Mac’s are just as bad as Windows, just in different ways.

    Eh, I disagree. Yes, macOS isn’t great, but calling it “just as bad” is a bit disingenuous. If I had to pick between Windows and macOS, and installing Linux wasn’t an option for whatever reason, I’d take macOS in a heartbeat because it doesn’t spy on users anywhere as much as Windows, most Linux stuff works seamlessly (macports or brew, take your pick), the built-in software is actually pretty decent.

    That said, I very much dislike macOS as well (I use it for work), and there’s no substitute for me for Linux.

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      Doesn’t MacOS phone home every time you run a new or changed executable? https://eclecticlight.co/2020/10/27/xprotect-what-do-we-know-about-it/

      Edit: might be that it phones home for each executable if last it run was more than 12 hours ago, given this: https://www.howtogeek.com/701176/does-apple-track-every-mac-app-you-run-ocsp-explained/

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        Doesn’t Windows as well?

        Regardless, Windows recording literally everything I do is worse than logging the apps I open.

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          No?

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