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Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by philistine on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @03:03PM (#37836077)
I know Apple and Linux are two very different things, but this complete abandonment of macOS by Valve should be concerning to anyone who champions Valve for their support of Linux. It's a bad look for their commitment to Linux.
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Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by INTPenis on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @03:24PM (#37836325)
Valve never had a commitment to Linux beyond trying to break Microsoft's monopoly.

Don't get any illusions that Valve loves Linux, or Linux users. They just hate being locked into a Microsoft ruled monopoly.

And picking between MacOS and Linux as a platform to compete with Microsoft, it really is a no brainer that you'd pick Linux due to the freedom of development it offers.

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Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by philistine on Thursday October 12, 2023 @02:14PM (#37860793)
You're the one with the correct point of view. If Microsoft comes to Valve with a sweetheart deal for the Steam Deck that truly unlocks more sales and compat, they'll drop Linux like a box of bricks.
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Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by Kiuhrly on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @03:17PM (#37836239)
It's also not the first time they've ditched macOS and kept linux support: SteamVR dropped support for macOS back in 2020 https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/250820/view/22162780...
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Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by raydev on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @03:08PM (#37836142)
I don't see how that's the case. What reasons are you thinking they would abandon Linux after they've built the SteamDeck on it?
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Re:Valve Says Counter-Strike 2 for macOS Not Happening, Ther... by Schnitz on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @03:08PM (#37836134)
Why? Mac and Linux are clearly not that related here, for example there isn’t a Mac based handheld made by valve.
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