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Steam On Linux Usage Spikes To Nearly 2% In July, Larger Marketshare Than Apple macOS
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Thank god for Valve and how awesome they've been to Linux users
They’ve done such amazing work for Linux. Linux gaming wouldn’t be the same without them.
So awesome they run a monopoly on videogames through their useless closed source spyware.
Well, their position is what allowed them to do so much for Linux. And their desire to distance themselves from Microsoft, which I'm absolutely on board with.
The only desire they have for is money, this is the same company that doesn't mind promoting gambling to kids. Their stupid ass closed source launcher that shouldn't exist needed to run software is a million light years away from what Linux stand for
There are other colours than black and white, you know?
I fully agree that Valve has their share of issues. There's things I too don't like about them, but that doesn't mean the good they do is worthless.
Bringing their spyware to linux isn't anything good
https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/steam
"This program is spyware because it collects huge amounts of user information, including but not limited to your Home Address, Telephone Number, Credit Card Number, and Internet Search History. Steam also profiles your hardware, communications through Steam's social networking features, and contains a mandatory self-updater. Steam will not work without an internet connection."
Seems like they need to collect your address, telephone, and credit card number to process payments? Steam is it's own internet browser, so the browser data it collects is from itself, not your personal browser.
You seem paranoid and this website seems to be incorrect or purposely stating things in a misleading way, oh and steam does work without and Internet connection
It's not useless. None of the launchers are. I greatly appreciate the auto updating of games, earning achievements, among others things. Sure they have issues, but they would have been dethroned years ago if people didn't like their software compared to companies like Epic.