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Re:Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming M... by izacus on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @12:54PM (#34711910)
> It might not be the apocalypse but it's pretty goddamn terrible.

In what way and why are you (well, actually a corporation with monetary interest) making a decision to lockout users because of those industries?

(Also multi-billion? Strongly doubt that.)

Re:Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming M... by mysterydip on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @01:18PM (#34712289)
> (Also multi-billion? Strongly doubt that.)

McAfee was taken private in 2021 for $14B https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/8/22769910/mcafee-private-i... And had quarterly revenue of $500M at the time: https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/mcafee-corp.-mcfe-surpasses-...

For one endpoint security example, unless I misunderstood.

Re:Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming M... by bastardoperator on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @03:11PM (#34714192)
What if I told you that I myself along with the vast majority of consumers just simply do not care about underlying access.
Re:Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming M... by RHSeeger on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @04:00PM (#34715053)
>(Also multi-billion? Strongly doubt that.)

Judging by a fair number of articles, you would be mistaken

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220104005794/en/Glo...

> The global antivirus software market is expected to grow from $3.80 billion in 2020 to $3.92 billion in 2021

Re:Why Steam Deck Is One of the Most Significant PC Gaming M... by soiler on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @11:18PM (#34719699)
> In what way and why are you (well, actually a corporation with monetary interest) making a decision to lockout users because of those industries?

Did you forget that the conversation was about phones being locked down to protect against these kinds of malware?