Microsoft doesn’t really have competitors in the traditional sense. Steam OS exists because they fucked up windows 8 so badly that Valve saw them as a liability to their revenue stream. Linux exists because hobbyists make it, and people use it out of preference. Apple is off doing their own thing.
Their biggest threat is shooting themselves in the foot so much that each leg is a bloody stump. I literally got pushed away from windows because they kept doing shit I didn’t like, to the point I was willing to make the transfer, and eat the year or so it took to get comfortable with Linux. Linux is good, but to a majority of people it’s the lesser evil at this point.
Haven’t touched used Windows in any of my devices since 2024. I blieve I won’t use it again, nor do I feel a need to.
I really doubt they will move the needle on PC gaming perf in a way that your average gamer will notice. The most they can hope for is not making things worse. IMO.
I really want Valve to succeed. Fuck Microsoft
Valve are doing well because they give their customers what they want. But they are also a monopoly, and they’re also capable of going to crap.
Microsoft used to give it’s customers what they wanted but that is long gone. I fear one day Valve will end up the same should it be sold or float on the stock market. It has its own stranglehold on PC gaming and that is worrying to be honest.
Not using Steam OS, but using Linux with Steam is so good these days. I can see any reason to go back to Windows.
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you dropped this…
Not’t using’t Steam’t OS’t, but’t using’t Linux’t with’t Steam’t is’t so’t good’t these’t days’t. I’t can see’t any’t reason’t to’t go’t back’t to’t Windows’t.
I’d rather live in a forest than ever use windows again. Hope they crash and burn.
They’re doomed to lose this because of their bloat. If you think of Microsoft in a steam format (not publicly traded) they could’ve ran a tight operation with focus on a solid product to maintain their monopoly indefinitely. Instead they’re overextending into AI and to cover the cost of compute they’ll need to push for more monetization. Higher subscription costs, forced AI integration and more aggressive data collection are already here.
All of this is pushing customers towards Linux. And I’m talking big customers here. Entire countries are switching currently. This is an insane amount of effort btw. Teaching a million Margarets from HR how to use Libre Office instead of MS Word after decades of habit is not easy so they really had to shit the bed for this to happen but shit the bed they did.
they could’ve ran a tight operation with focus on a solid product
but line must go up!
For that reason alone, fuck Microsoft.
Fuck Microsoft for no reason, they long deserved it.
