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Re:Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows G... by c487bd62 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @01:35AM (#17816556)
> Google already has a near-monopoly in the smartphone space and it's much better than the Windows monopoly on the desktop.

Like half the useful apps have problems running without Google Apps being installed. GCM errors, apps refusing to run if the Play Store is not installed, Google making decisions that impact ROM developers. That's what I read about it anyway and discouraged me from trying AOSP without Gapps.

> it's much better than the Windows monopoly on the desktop

Steam is DRM. Gabe bus factor: Microsoft buys Steam and renames it to GFWL Redux

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Re:Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows G... by ahartmetz on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @06:45AM (#17817725)
> Steam is DRM

Nitpick: Steam offers DRM to developers who want it, it does not force games to use DRM. Many games installed via Steam run completely without Steam. The DRM-free games are mostly indie games.

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Re:Valve Rolls Out Wine-Based “Proton” for Running Windows G... by Fnoord on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @01:58AM (#17816652)
microG is indeed a cat and mouse game which you cannot safely rely on. (I'm using it though.)
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