Yet, players could have some amount of foresight, and not wait untill MS actualy pushes a knife into their hearth (lucky Valve this one was dull) before trying to defend themselves.

Foresight is always easy in retrospect. MS was a partner, not a treat, until the Windows Store.

>> Well, their motives aren't sinister, which is all you can really want or hope for. In a capitalistic market, vanishingly few players will switch to Linux out of altruism.

There was a time when no one thought gamers would switch from DOS to Windows.